It's been a few months since we heard the first details about the upcoming zombie game from the appropriately named Undead Labs, but the most recent news from the official site doesn't cover the game directly. Instead, it covers something that should be far more interesting to people who follow the industry as a whole or those who work with the company. It's the official profit-sharing plan for the company, and not just the net benefits -- the whole thing, in full legal terms, available for anyone to read.
As Jeff Strain puts it, he doesn't want the company to work along the lines of many larger studios, where executives reap the benefits of a successful game and employees are lucky to see any of the profits. The complete transparency of both the plain language and detailed legal version of the sharing plan is apparently against the advice of the corporate lawyer, but Strain considers it a move that he'd prefer to see other studios copy. Considering the references to the Activision/Infinity Ward fiasco earlier this year, it certainly couldn't hurt to have a bit more developer and corporate accountability.
Reader Comments (7)
Posted: Dec 21st 2010 6:44PM pcgneurotic said
This is console only, right? Bleh.
Posted: Dec 21st 2010 7:38PM Lateris said
I love profit sharing.
Posted: Dec 21st 2010 7:57PM delphinius81 said
That's actually a pretty nice profit sharing plan if you work for a studio that only has the one product. Since everyone is working on the same thing, it works just fine. But... once you have different groups working on different things, I can see this plan breaking down. There will always be people that think Joe Shmoe from the failed project shouldn't get part of the profits from the game their team worked so hard on.
Posted: Dec 21st 2010 8:52PM Skyydragonn said
WTB [PC version] PST please.
console only is like cutting off your own arm just to beat yourself with it.
L4D has a PC fanbase i'm sure would love this game on PC as well....c'mon undead labs lets not be partisan about this PC gamers need zombie love too! :p
console only is like cutting off your own arm just to beat yourself with it.
L4D has a PC fanbase i'm sure would love this game on PC as well....c'mon undead labs lets not be partisan about this PC gamers need zombie love too! :p
Posted: Dec 22nd 2010 12:41AM Graill440 said
Handshakes and trust are something in rare quantity today.







