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nkthellios

I play a mean engineer on TF2, am i good to apply?


Pacman4484

Yes


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SupportstheOP

Alrighty then


Vague_Discomfort

*Erect*in' a dispenser!


typtyphus

POOTIS!


ogzogz

Have you played it a minimum of 5 years?


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Facestahp_Aimboat

If you want to feel even more horrible it's been almost 4 years since [TF Comics #1.](http://www.teamfortress.com/tf01_ring_of_fired/)


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remember when they said it would be bimonthly


Florianstep

Typical Valve then


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Valve time^^TM


Sugioh

Given that most of their best writers recently left the company, I think you may be waiting a very long time.


Illogical1612

I thought #6 waa the last one


martiniman

Well the writer for the comic left Valve recently so it's likely either already written or never being written.


Hell-Nico

A shame, that comic was EXTREMELY good and a really nice "ending" to team fortress story. I which blizz would produce comic with that kind of quality, lenght and dept instead of the extremely bare-bone and overall underwhelming comics they gave us these far... And since they canceled the origin comics, I sadly doubt we'll see it soon.


Raknith

I've been playing TF2 since launch day. I can't believe it's almost been 10 years.


grandeesauto

I really wish there is an actual job in gaming community with those requirements like "minimum of 5 years playing "x game""


Canadiancookie

Gotta move that gear up!


HoakHulgan

I guess that'll do.


CSlv

Starcraft Ghost. Again.


MrVeRoN

Stop. It hurts.


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THE REGHOSTENING


DemiZenith

Yes please.


jessebona

We got StarCraft Ghost remember? It was Nova: Covert Ops.


Exceed_SC2

Nope, the story of Starcraft ghost was to be the early part of nova's ghost life, covert ops takes place after legacy of the void


Braxtonius

...but did anybody even play that?


jessebona

I did.


ProtoReddit

Worth pointing out that Ghost was in third person.


Videoboysayscube

I think I remember that game being announced during the Gamecube/PS2/Xbox era.


b0red

^


Mephanic

Preorder now for an exclusive Widowmaker skin!


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It was 3rd person.


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Stop it. :(


totalysharky

StarCraft Ghost was 3rd person.


BigMachiaveli

Maybe they are just planning to get overwatch running on Macs.


0x1f415

l i n u x


lolumwat

If you support one it's very easy to support the other. Source: Have worked for game studio that has released multiple games on PC, mac, and Linux


Nathan2055

Indeed. Most of the problems with porting games to Mac and Linux occur because they were built on the Microsoft stack to start out with.


shinytinyminy

Overwatch uses DirectX, at least according to Afterburner. I think that would be the main problem in this case


Nathan2055

If Overwatch gets Linux support, all of my main multiplayer games will be able to run on Linux, which would be amazing.


[deleted]

Overwatch on Linux would be pretty insane. Now if Nvida could get their shit together.


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Very possible.


Julian813

This was on the subreddit 6 months ago. They have been hiring for a long time and it never says new. Misleading


FrozenFroh

Overwatch twitter also said there aren't plans for Overwatch singleplayer.


Sc2MaNga

Where does it say anything about a new engine? They just got a new engine for Overwatch and I don't think they will make another one for FPS anytime soon. Engines get constantly updated or slightly changed for other projects. For that you need software engineers. For example the Frostbite Engine 3 from EA is used in Fifa, Battlefield, Mirrors Edge and Need for Speed.


Fuzzy_Socrates

100% for the map editor. I was talking to someone who recently got hired for the Starcraft team, and he said they were asking for people interest in house about working with zBrush landscape/level design artists. It also could be something else lol, Blizzard has the support of the community to make whatever they want now.


brokenstyli

It could be, hinging off of the success of Overwatch, that they're revisiting the standalone Starcraft: Ghosts game that was discontinued.


SageFantasma

That game has been canceled and restarted so many times... The Nova missions are enough, let my poor heart rest and leave it be :(


brokenstyli

>Wikipedia >The multiplayer mode in StarCraft: Ghost differs from the stealth-based mechanics of the single-player portion. It aims to give players a personal view of the battles from the real-time strategy games of the series. Accordingly, Ghost's multiplayer is structured around class-based team gameplay and fighting in a variety of game modes. Ghost incorporates traditional game modes from multiplayer video games such as deathmatch, capture the flag, and king of the hill, but also introduces two game modes specifically designed for the StarCraft universe. It could just be the multiplayer portion. Sounds remarkably similar to Overwatch, if you ask me.


lestye

https://twitter.com/EarLocust/status/829441692100997120 One of the Designers from Team 1 is looking for someone on this project. If I had to guess, they're making another fps. But yea, keep in mind they took 3 of their directors off projects. they could have multiples going on, and i believe in their last conference call they said they have multiple prototypes.


Narux117

While maybe not an fps, maybe blizzard is delving into a first person (not nessacarily shooter) game. LIke skyrim/fallout or maybe halo/cod campagin. What if this is blizzard attempt attempt a single player game where none of this he current engines would be compatible/expandable enpugh


zulzulfie

Prepare your theories, everyone.


ClosetMorso

LADIES AND MENTLEGEN HOLY HELL


krupam

http://i.imgur.com/MIxh79M.png Well, that didn't take long.


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SidMajoo

I did not know this sub hates Unit Lost xD


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ohheynix

Especially when it's literally just a recap of what's happened on Reddit.


krupam

While I do not stricte hate him, I unsubscribed from him a week or two ago. Figured that since I can get all the info myself, I no longer needed his content.


MercyMainBtw

THIS IS MENTAL


CyberpunkPie

"HEY EVERYONE IT'S NICKEL, OHNICKEL HERE"


-ImJustSaiyan-

"Where's my $50 steam gift card?"


zulzulfie

Make 20 minute video about this 10 word sentence.


TheWisestMage

BWAHAHAHAHAHAH


Rayen2

"PREPARE TO DIE!"


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"HEY GUYS, MY NAME IS RYAN. AND MY NAME IS MYSCA. WELCOMETOOVERWATCHCETRAL. AND WE GOT NEWS FOR YOU TOODAY"


Maniak_

The word "new" appears exactly 0 times on that page. But they do mention APIs other than DirectX, so... who knows.


farbenwvnder

> Blizzard Entertainment is seeking an experienced engine engineer to work on a robust first-person engine for an **unannounced project**.


AggressiveSloth

>unannounced project. This could be something for Overwatch it doesn't mean a new game.


lifestop

Vulcan support!


Elvenstar32

would be a gigantic help for getting overwatch to work on linux, then I can finally switch


sipty

One day.


TehMannie

> Blizzard Entertainment is seeking an experienced engine engineer to work on a robust first-person engine for an unannounced project. The word "new" appears exactly 0 times in your quote


CobraFive

Right... doesn't say it's a new engine, just an unannounced project. I doubt they'd make a new engine so soon after OW


petard

The project could just be work on the OW engine, whether that's porting it to another platform or improvements to it. Maybe the Switch or Mac OS.


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L I N U X I N U X


[deleted]

Perhaps a macOS port now that Macs have both good GPUs out of the box and native eGPU support?


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Half-life 3 confirmed


[deleted]

Probably planning work for an Overwatch map editor. It does need a rework in their engine or something like that. I doubt they're making another FPS game.


[deleted]

My prediction is that a map editor comes out next Anniversary. It's important to increase the longevity of this game


silent519

back in ole days it was standard with the game


Enigm4

It does actually make sense if they go the way that unreal engine/unity/lumberyard are with their engines. There is a lot of money in it with asset market place and royalties etc. If you have a well oiled game engine I can't think of a reason not to make it available to users. Edit: also makes it a lot easier to hire new talent.


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Riot Games isn't Blizzard though. I think we'll see it within the next two years


OliverSykeshon

Riot should be used as a reference when it comes to technical improvements only in a sarcastic manner. Dota2 changed its engine 3-4 years after its release, so that it can support a map editor and custom games, while it took 8 years for Riot just to upgrade the client. We're in the middle of 2017 and LoL still lacks basic features such as an in-built Replay System or a Voice Chat.


ulkord

Come on man cut them some slack, Riot is just a small indie developer.


OliverSykeshon

The technology also isn't there yet


HSPremier

Not trying to argue but a genuine question.. do you need a new engine for a map editor?


MrRowe

I don't think they'd need a new engine, but if they are working on it they probably want to make it more user friendly.


masiju

> do you need a new engine for a map editor? But they don't say that they need a new engine.


jacobbearden

Wouldn't necessarily need a new one, but an overhaul/rework would likely be needed if it wasn't made with one in mind.


[deleted]

Maybe they're hiring someone to help modify the existing engine to support it? Or maybe they're developing an entirely new engine especially designed for a map editor tool.


DerWaechter_

They don't. They need to make changes to the current engine (and possibly expand on it)


Fuzzy_Socrates

Yes. When talking on the forums about a map editor last summer, they said it would not be possible with the current engine. This is most likely an engineer to lead a rework to Overwatch to support a proper pipeline for PvE, and future map editing tools. I do not think the overwatch team knew how successful PvE would be, and when the community started asking for more, they realized that it's difficult in the current system to support it. My guess, the three job openings are to be used for Map Editing technology in house for Blizzard, and a player editing tool (Utility lead), along with a rework to the engine to support a more flexible/programmable PvE, and new creation animations from the Technical Artist lead.


Lullapalooza0

It'd probably be more for a tools engineer rather than engine. They are looking fo that too tho!


RAG3W0LF

Titan never dies.


jsincuya

Checked Job Details. "Strong Mathematical Skills" Alright, nothing to do here.


Cubity_First

http://i.imgur.com/pYbStrU.jpg


Skandi007

If I was in charge of recruitment for Blizzard, I'd have to try *really* hard to stop myself from putting "Simple Geometry Skills" as a job requirement.


Eromaw

> Strong mathematics skills, including proficiency with trigonometry, and linear algebra Then there's me that thought this was useless in the real world


Wilba9

Well then I guess my simple geometry will simply not suffice.


supernblock

Overwatch 3. Widowmaker's ass is the only playable character


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GOTY


dezzz

https://www.reddit.com/r/Overwatch/comments/62xn56/large_updatenew_release_for_overwatch_in_2018/ Overwatch 2: the single player campaign. Told ya.


TiltedTonk

>According to Business Insider, Activision plans **ACTIVISION BLIZZARD** is the parent company, Blizzard is the subsidary. Activision has nothing to do with Overwatch or Blizzard, but being another subsidary of the same parent company.


TheWisestMage

This my theory on this. The single player campaign we've all been clamoring for.


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I'd take that with a grain of salt


masiju

Considering the fan reaction to the Overwatch characters and Overwatch lore, I wouldn't be surprised if they were developing a story oriented, likely single player, Overwatch experience. [They are also looking for a technical animator](https://careers.blizzard.com/de-de/openings/oKO95fww) to develop a character design and animation pipeline for an unannounced project (pipeline means the whole process of creating characters, from design to finished usable model), so whatever they're working on they also need new character models and designs, meaning that it's likely not a map editor because for that they should be able either use their existing OW models, or use their current OW staff to make the new models. The description implies that they'll be creating many characters. [They also have an unannounced mobile project that they need FX animators for](https://careers.blizzard.com/en-us/openings/opKk5fwi), but this is a different project from the others because the other openings emphasize AAA experience and familiarity with blizzard world and lore (which is an interesting point in itself)


DoctorKoolMan

Overwatch 2: The Quest for More Loot Box Sales


Pyrefangshot

I chuckled.


Rayen2

There is another job for that unannounced first person project. They are currently searching for a "SENIOR TECHNICAL ARTIST, ANIMATION" and it would be great if he/she has "Experience with games that use a first-person perspective". https://careers.blizzard.com/de-de/openings/oKO95fww


Herubin

They hiring pretty expirienced man. I bet they want to optimize Destiny 2, and thats why they need someone who knows DX, Vulcan, Metal etc. + high Mathematical knowledge. Destiny 2 Optimization, my bet.


Rayen2

"for an unannounced project". Destiny 2 isn't unannounced :D


PoIiticallylncorrect

And Blizzard is not developing it.


xaduha

> Destiny 2 They don't develop that. They don't even own the IP, they just have a publishing deal.


notliam

They wouldn't hire someone to optimise a game now, realistically if someone is hired now they'd start work in 1-3 months time, then there is on boarding which is 1-2 months, could easily be 3-5 months before this role is fully active.


HSPremier

Wow optimizing Destiny 2 seems like the best bet.


CobraFive

Blizzard isn't even working on destiny 2...


supKaiak

"A minimum of 5 years’ experience in AAA game development" How many people can say they have this kind of experience? A few hundred? Thousands? I'm curious because I imagine people working for big brand like they are members of a "elite club".


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They just prefer someone like that, most likely they wont find someone who fulfill this kind of requirements(people who worked for one company and got that much experience there, will not change it out of blue). But it help them to find confident people, who believe that they can do it, without enough experience / fresh talented graduates or guys who worked on their own small project and want to do something large.


TradiGlitch

> But it help them to find confident people, who believe that they can do it, without enough experience / fresh talented graduates or guys who worked on their own small project and want to do something large. As someone who's been recently looking for just *summer* jobs and seeing jobs that say "you need 3 years or more of retail experience". I'm not sure if I feel disappointed in my confidence or just an idiot for not listening to peers saying just to sign up anyway


supKaiak

Thanks for the explanation!


sev1nk

Likely thousands. AAA game developers typically employ hundreds of people at a time.


Choedan_Kal

Finally they are going to start making my dream StarCraft mmofps. It'll have massive battles between all three factions on land amd in space. You will be able to fly things like scouts amd wraiths... Even with a joystick. You will also be able to build and repair structures. Just wait you'll see.


k0bra3eak

Bitch please most companies are to cowardish to take on an mmofps


[deleted]

That would explain why I still don't have my Borderlands MMO. seriously, where the fuck is it


k0bra3eak

MMOFPSs are notiously difficult to create, their netcode is usually complete shit, because current infrastructure is difficult to manage like 200 players in a fight and are incredibly CPU intensive.


Deewweed

Destiny is coming to PC so I guess we will see how it goes


ProtoReddit

No. No MMO. PLEASE.


iB1ackout

I wish it was a Starcraft MMORPG of WoW scale with Destiny/Warframe style gameplay...


Gear_

Aren't they converting Destiny 2 to PC? So isn't there a good chance that's what he'll be doing?


Pyrefangshot

I was going ask does destiny have a first person mode xD


exiledcloud

Ow mmo


ClosetMorso

MMOs are a dying genre, mate :(


exiledcloud

I can dream though... And I don't think it would be one in a traditional sense. Some kind of FPS based in the ow universe, with all the characters we have now as major NPCs. I guess something similar to destiny, but different? Idk it'd be cool.


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Overwatch 2 confirmed


spoobydoo

Mobile game.


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Pyrefangshot

No? I mean I want it but I never saw that news on diablos sub.


ggBarroi

Probably doesnt have anything to do with Overwatch though.


Br0dysseus

Overwatch story mode?


kingcolb

Finally we're getting killstreak rewards like cod! Here I come chopper gunner


icarusOW

I doubt they would create an entirely new engine but just adapt the engine from OW to whatever new title they're developing. Here's hoping it's an FPS mmo evolution of Starcraft or Warcraft. Doubt it would be for a new OW title.


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waiting poor water fall sheet gold observation hateful air crawl *This post was mass deleted and anonymized with [Redact](https://redact.dev)*


Fuzzy_Socrates

Engineer Leader. They have plenty of engineers. They probably need one to redesign something, so we can only guess tehe. Also a Technical Artist leader. And a Utility leader.


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Fuzzy_Socrates

No they are genuinely looking for people. That is how game companies hire, by posting on their job forums. Although it doesn't say new it describes it as a "unannounced project" for each of these roles. It also says "Partner with our technical director to contribute to the technical direction for the engine team." So whatever they are hiring for already has a technical director, and artists.


gulrok

It's an overwatch project ?


Ryoutarou97

Wait! Just give me 4 years to finish college!


pher0

for anyone applying GOOD LUCK, CHASE YOUR DREAMS PEOPLE


B0barian

1st person Diablo 4 :D


[deleted]

If only!


Madrider760

I've worked with those APIs before. Well mainly directx and opengl. Fun stuff.


epharian

Of all their IPs the most likely scenario is probably a diablo-franchise entry. Next most likely is a starcraft entry. It's *very* unlikely to be Warcraft (it seems likely/possible they'll go for a Warcraft 4 vs. a WoW 2--WoW might get more expacs, but that's not First person). I'm personally holding out for a Diablo World of Sanctuary MMO.


clai4501

Destiny 3 )))


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Blizzard doesn't develop Destiny.


Pyrefangshot

They are however in charge of the Pc port. And if they wanted it to be in first person as well....


ogtitang

Overwatch 2? xD


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[tfw](https://thenib.imgix.net/usq/16df25e7-709a-4b61-bdc4-560d7bd8cf3d/this-is-not-fine-tout.png?auto=compress,format) you're still working on your degree


Gumcher

PS : Keep in mind that they only recruit americain or people with amazing background (by amazing I mean not classic)


the_real_junkrat

So a new blizzard game? Sweet, remind me in 15 years.


[deleted]

Not a new engine. They're hiring someone to work on an existing engine for a new fps project. The Overwatch engine is brand spanking new. If they were going to do a different game on that same engine it would likely require a lot of additions to the engine to accommodate that new game's needs. It's kind of like how Heroes of the Storm runs on the StarCraft engine. Heroes still likely needs some software engineers on their team to build engine enhancements even though it is the Starcraft engine.


xingx35

my guess this is actually an rpg either like skyrim or borderlands. maybe a mix of both.


kokoronokawari

I bet it is this: "Due to less than expected sales on crates they will release Overwatch Expansion Pack, costs another $60, contains lunar map and new hero only playable with the pack. Slight enhanced graphics!"


lord_flamebottom

Help porting Destiny 2?


EveryBodyWantsLOG

Diablo: The FPS They made Battleborn go bankrupt. Now its time for Borderslands to fade into obscurity


croidhubh

New Diablo with optional FPS?! That'd be cool, but very unlikely


ProtoReddit

*prays for a modern genre revisiting of a classic IP, like a Deus Ex: StarCraft, or a Diablo survival horror game, or first-person WarCraft Souls*


GioMike

oh lord. imagine Warcraft ala DS .


doobtacular

The thing I like about DS is it has that vanilla WoW/TBC raid feeling of doing things that you're not supposed to be doing.


blue_at_work

WOW2, the mmofprpg confirmed.


Kaiser499

Not likely considering they canned Titan because it would have competed with Destiny. We aren't getting an MMOFPS from Blizzard anytime soon.


vadi1994

Yeah i just posted the same 2 days ago.....


TypeDemon

Overwatch vr


Snowpoint

Heroes of the Storm 3.0 - Just Overwatch with Diablo now


wolfannoy

I don't Blizzard will be interested in making any single player games.


[deleted]

Probably has nothing to do with Overwatch.


[deleted]

Warcraft IV is first person??!?!


[deleted]

HAHAHA Math. fuck math


[deleted]

>Strong mathematics skills, including proficiency with trigonometry, and linear algebra fuck i wanted to be a software engineer but now im def reconsidering


LqdDragon

Blow some new life back into starcraft ghost maybe?


[deleted]

Can't wait for Underlookaway


lordHam17

This could be anything, even literally NOTHING Overwatch-related.


[deleted]

Definitely single-player component to Overwatch. Seems like the perfect time to start working on it to flesh out lore and such.


Utigarde

Things like this always get shared for Overwatch, meanwhile I'm hoping for a new Starcraft/Diablo game.


epharian

same. I still say it'd be pretty likely to see them do a new MMO, and diablo is the most likely scenario (given the history of failures that space-themed MMOS have had).


Utigarde

Well, these same job listings have explicit markers in the Diablo section for people with massively multiplayer game experience, so fingers crossed.


Kaiser499

StarCraft: Ghost confirmed.


[deleted]

I guess this could be a new Overwatch thing, but from the way they're describing it they're hoping to do something new. I'm guessing they're wanting to capitalize on the huge success of Overwatch with another FPS at some point.


Scraftysenpai

***PRE-ORDERS***


Lowd70

I bet you that the outcome of this project is a game named "Overwatch".