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BlackSite: Area 51

Also known as: Black Site: Area 51, Blacksite: Area 51 [UK]

BlackSite director's "public resignation"

Harvey Smith has left the building following his criticisms of his own game

Dec 3, 2007

BlackSite's creative director has departed Midway following his candid post-mortem of the FPS, in which he described the development process as "so f***ed up."

According to a report on ShackNews, Midway execs have described Smith's post-mortem as "his public resignation."

"With a year to go, the game was disastrously off rails," Smith explained of BlackSite. Amidst a number of criticisms leveled at the game's development process, he described the fact that the team was given only four days to fix and polish a level, which he's described as "completely reprehensible."

Smith was still in the employ of Midway when he gave his post-mortem on the game.

Could the former lead designer on Deus Ex find his way to a job at Eidos Montreal, which is developing Deus Ex 3?

Source: ShackNews

Courtesy of CVG.

 
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BlackSite: Area 51
BlackSite: Area 51

Genre: Shooter
Release date: Nov 12, 2007
Published by: Midway
Developed by: Midway
Multiplayer Modes:
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