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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[38 Studios welcomes Thom Ang as Director of Art]]></title><link>http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/06/27/38-studios-welcomes-thom-ang-as-director-of-art/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/06/27/38-studios-welcomes-thom-ang-as-director-of-art/</guid><comments>http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/06/27/38-studios-welcomes-thom-ang-as-director-of-art/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/mmo-industry/" rel="tag">MMO industry</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/new-titles/" rel="tag">New titles</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/news-items/" rel="tag">News items</a></p><img hspace="4" border="1" align="right" vspace="4" alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/massively.joystiq.com/media/2008/06/38studios-225p.jpg" />Noted industry artist Thom Ang has started work at <a href="http://www.38studios.com">38 Studios</a> as Director of Art, according to a <a href="http://38studios.com/news/show/63">press release</a> from the company. He has joined company founder and pro baseball player Curt Schilling, comic book artist Todd McFarlane, and fantasy author R.A. Salvatore to work on <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/01/09/38-studios-reveals-copernicus/"><em>Copernicus</em>, a secretive MMO project.</a><br /><br />Ang has previously been employed by <a href="http://www.thq.com">THQ</a>, where he worked on several titles including <a href="http://www.disney.com">Disney</a> adaptations, and <a href="http://www.ea.com">Electronic Arts</a>, where he worked on the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medal_of_Honor_(series)"><em>Medal of Honor</em></a> series. He's just another <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2007/12/18/38-studios-hires-another-industry-vet/">of</a> <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2007/12/04/more-new-veteran-blood-at-38-studios/">many </a><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/03/19/comcast-bigwig-joins-other-bigwigs-at-38-studios/">samples</a> of <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/04/17/ex-everquest-lead-designer-to-join-38-studios/">veteran blood</a> the studio has attracted.<br /><br />Details about <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/tag/copernicus"><em>Copernicus</em></a> are hush-hush. We know <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/tag/38-studios">38 Studios</a> is using the <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/02/27/38-studios-using-bigworld-to-make-its-big-world/">BigWorld</a> and <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/03/05/38-studios-goes-unreal/">Unreal</a> engine technologies. There have been <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/05/21/38-studios-developers-finally-speak-up/">hints in interviews</a> about the direction the project is taking. That's about it, though.<p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com"><img src="http://massively.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="Massively" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/06/27/38-studios-welcomes-thom-ang-as-director-of-art/">38 Studios welcomes Thom Ang as Director of Art</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com">Massively</a> on Fri, 27 Jun 2008 22:00:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://38studios.com/news/show/63>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/06/27/38-studios-welcomes-thom-ang-as-director-of-art/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/forward/1239289/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/06/27/38-studios-welcomes-thom-ang-as-director-of-art/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>38-studios</category><category>bigworld</category><category>copernicus</category><category>curt-schilling</category><category>disney</category><category>ea</category><category>electronic-arts</category><category>medal-of-honor</category><category>ra-salvatore</category><category>thom-ang</category><category>thq</category><category>todd-mcfarlane</category><category>unreal</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Samuel Axon]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2008 22:00:00 EST</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
