SCI FI and Trion hire ex-Blizzard talent for MMO/TV show project
by Shawn Schuster 
Nov 20th 2008 at 7:00PM
Filed under: Business models, MMO industry, New titles
You may remember the announcement this summer from the cable channel SCI FI about their collaboration with Trion World Network to create the first-ever television series connected with an MMO. While this news perked the interest of many gamers and SCI FI fans, we have only heard sprinkles of news here and there about the project.Today, both companies announced the hiring of two new top industry talents for this MMO/TV show project. One is Kevin Beardslee, who you may know as a founder of Carbine Studios and a former developer on Blizzard's World of Wacraft. He will act as the Senior Development Director for the game half of the project. For the television side, Peter Egan (no relation to our own James Egan) will be writing the pilot episode on SCI FI. His previous work includes Playmakers (ESPN), Over There (FX Network), Medium, Medical Investigation (both on NBC) and SCI FI's own The Dresden Files. We wish both men the best of luck in their roles with this new innovative project.
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Durinthal said on 10:12PM 11-20-2008
Depending what you mean by "connected", Portal did it first. It used a lot of machinima from the MMORPGs of the day.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal_(TV_series)
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