Scott Orr and Bart Besseling aren’t new to this business. Scott Orr is the man behind John Madden NFL, NHL Hockey and NASCAR Racing, to name a few. Bart Besseling has, since 1995, run Quarium Inc., a development company that has contributed to LucasArts, Pogo, EA and many others. To say that these two guys know the games business, is like saying that Michelangelo was a doodler. So, why do I mention all this? They’ve just opened the doors on their latest company, and it looks like something we may want to keep an eye on.
D2C Games is the latest project for Scott Orr and Bart Besseling. After leaving Electronic Arts, Orr started Sorrent (now known as Glu Mobile), which has done very well in the mobile market. Now, with D2C, Orr and Besseling are moving into casual gaming and episodic sci-fi/horror gaming, as well as digital comic distribution, that’s targeted towards console downloads (Sony PS3, PSP and XBox 360) as well as some work in the mobile space. Using a set of tools developed by Quarium, known as Hydrant Technology, D2C will also be helping other independent developers produce games for their digital distribution platform.
Watch Giga Gamez early next week for an interview with Scott Orr and Bart Besseling about D2C games, digital comics and where we can expect to see D2C going in the near future.
{"source":"https:\/\/gigaom.com\/2007\/03\/01\/gaming-legends-open-new-business\/wijax\/49e8740702c6da9341d50357217fb629","varname":"wijax_dcd471e62dbc30fa71ca3e42d0b211ae","title_element":"header","title_class":"widget-title","title_before":"%3Cheader%20class%3D%22widget-title%22%3E","title_after":"%3C%2Fheader%3E"}