Riot Games announced that it was developing a DVO from Greg Street in 2020. Greg Street, aka Ghostcrawler, was the Chief Systems Designer of World of Warcraft, one of the most famous massive online games of all time.
Street left Blizzard in 2013 and joined Riot Games as Chief Game Designer in 2014.
Greg Street confused his followers with a tweet last week. “There is no guarantee that this game will come out. We’re optimistic, but we shouldn’t talk in advance. But if it does, it’ll be the fourth (AoE, WoW, LoL) series I’ve been working on and probably the last big one. I don’t have a problem with that. I think it’s going to be a good finale,” Street said.
Street clarified the situation a little more with his series of tweets yesterday. Street said some players and the press were stuck in the “there’s no guarantee the game will come out” part and tired that the development process was going badly, and that that didn’t happen, and that the development process was going great.
“There is no guarantee that there will be any games in this sector. Those who make those promises say they’re going to broadcast the games, even if it’s a disappointment. We don’t broadcast a game that can be disappointing. And we’re not going to apply crunch just to make the game as good as possible.
Do I think Riot will get a DVO at some point? Definitely. There are many good reasons to do this. Maybe I’m not the right leader, maybe this isn’t the right team, maybe our design isn’t the right one. But the company will continue to try until that game meets your expectations. Thank you for your support and patience.”
We understand from Street’s words that the development process of the game is going very well, but he is trying to speak cautiously because he knows that anything can happen in this industry at any time. If you recall, when I was working at Street Blizzard, a DVO called Titan was developed, and then this project was canceled, resulting in a completely different game, Overwatch.
