Major League Baseball pitcher Curt Schilling's video game company, 38 Studios, just announced that it signed an agreement with Epic Games to use the Unreal Engine 3 technology in its upcoming MMORPG. With an all-star cast in its development team, Copernicus is shaping up to be a promising title for 2010. Know more about it at the full article.

And here comes a new kid in the gaming industry block, pitched by no less than Major League Baseball pitcher Boston Red Sox">Boston Red Sox">Curt Schilling of the Boston Red Sox. Introducing 38 Studios, formerly known as the Green Monster, this brand promises to deliver not only massively multiplayer online games, but a whole lot of immersive products boasting of a wide range as well.

Brett Close, president of 38 Studios, explains, "the name 38 Studio captures the scope of our goals... Our mission is to create ground-breaking intellectual properties that inspire a vast selection of entertainment experiences."

Why the number 38?

It's not only about what we're going to accomplish, but how. 38 is Curtis' number, of course. Anyone familiar with Curt recognizes that he represents excellence, integrity, and achievement. These are attributes intrinsic to our people, our organization, and our products.

The company is currently attending this year's Game Developers Conference marking their debut appearance in the gaming industry's event.

 

It was back in September of last year that we announced the troika of Curt Schilling, Todd McFarlane, and R.A. Salvatore - the group who created Green Monster Games (GMG). This company looks dead serious in creating a kickass and innovative MMORPG, but aside from the job opening, we haven't heard anything about that kickass MMO from GMG. This next tidbit may give you a slight idea of what they're planning to cook up.

Recently, Schilling announced the appointment of Brett Close as GMG's president. Apparently, this guy is great when it comes to marketing games and among the games that he has delivered are Medal of Honor: Rising Sung, Medal of Honor: Frontline, and Nightcaster: Defeat the Darkness. And for his first announcement, the newly positioned GMG prez has appointed Mary Kirchoff as Senior VP of Marketing and Brand Development.

Kirchoff was responsible for the branding, business development, and all that jazz for Hasbro and Wizards of the Coast's popular titles (like Dungeons & Dragons, Forgotten Realms and Dragonlance brands). President Close also welcomed Chaz Sutherland as Art Director. Sutherland comes from the company firm Shiny Entertainment and recently dabbled as a Visual Effects artist and visual effects animator on games like Matrix: Path of Neo, Medal of Honor : Rising Sun , and Allied Assault: Spearhead , Golden Eye 2.

With the core group already being completed, all we need now is some updates on that MMO they are working on.

Curt Schilling. He may be the starting pitcher for the Boston Red Sox, he may be a self-confessed fan of EverQuest II. But does his Green Monster Games has what it takes to churn out a great MMO, or any MMO for that matter? Well, for now, nothing is certain, but Curt Shilling's recent interview with The Escapist may give us a glimpse of what he can or can't do with his team-up with Salvatore and McFarlane.

When he was asked if he sees Green Monster Games as a mere pet project or as something he'll be someday working on full-time, this is what he had to say:

This is something I will focus on explicitly and completely when I'm retired. Outside of working out for this season and my family right now, it's taking up every minute of my day.

Ok, we've settled that issue. So what would Curt do at Green Monster? He said that he is the founder and CEO of the company. He got a president and they'll be creating the core team over the next six months. That team will consist of 30 people. So what would be R.A. Salvatore and Todd McFarlane do with the company. Schilling has this to say:

R.A. was hired on as the creative director. R.A. will drive the creative vision, the story behind what we're doing. He's got a pretty decent track record of writing some pretty good stories.

Todd will literally be the art director. He will be behind the artistic vision of R.A.'s story. We will have an art director in house that will collaborate with Todd and Todd's team to take Todd's conceptual vision and turn it into a game world and game players and game characters.

Although he didn't mention anything about what kind of MMOs Green Monster Games are preparing for, a little optimism doesn't hurt. But then again, one can't live on optimism alone. To read more of Curt's interview, click on the Read link below.

Call it a dream team of imagination, fantasy, art, and gaming. Red Sox pitcher and EverQuest fan (and NPC loot-dropper) Curt Schilling, Spawn's Todd McFarlane, and sci-fi/fantasy author R.A. Salvatore form the trinity behind Green Monster Games LLC, and they're aiming to pitch their first MMO to the market. And to do so, the dream team's looking for new members, fresh blood to complete their dream. Someone with talent, someone with passion. Preferably someone who knows his way around C++ and Gamebryo.

GMG's looking for a Lead Programmer to take change of developing the first of what they plan to be "industry-changing games." Aside from C++ and Gamebryo engine experience, candidates should also be able to design, develop, document, and debug quality code, design and implement server/client side game code for MMOs, possess a strong background in client/server/network programming, and work well in a team of highly-talented developers, artists, designers, and programmers (and they're not just talking about Todd, Curt, and R.A.).

Looks like Green Monster Games is poised to break into the MMO scene big-time.

Word on the net says that baseball legend and avid MMO fan Curt Schilling is teaming up with Spawn creator Todd McFarlane and popular sci-fi/fantasy author R.A. Salvatore to form a new Boston-based video game company called Green Monster Games.

Schilling, who pitches for the Boston Red Sox, is already known for his interest in gaming. He owns a small paper-gaming company called Multi-Man Publishing and was recently turned into an evil NPC in EverQuest II in the name of the ALS Association charity. Schilling has also been a longtime EverQuest player.

The names Todd McFarlane and R.A. Salvatore became associated with Green Monster Games through the job ads the company has posted on various game job sites. McFarlane will apparently be helping the company as the lead artist on their new project, with Salvatore taking on the role of creative director for Green Monster Games's output.

Green Monster Games is apparently named after the 37-foot left field wall at Fenway Park, home to Schilling and the Boston Red Sox. Green Monster Games aims to create what it describes as "industry-changing games."

So far, there have been no concrete news yet on the games that Green Monster Games might be developing. With the weight of the names behind this company, though, it seems not too presumptuous to expect something big once Green Monster Games finally makes their first game announcement.

You have recently read about Boston Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling appearing on EverQuest II from June 5 to 7 as a baddie that players can battle. This bad guy image is part of the "Battle ALS" charity event. Everytime Curt's in-game avatar is defeated, Sony Online Entertainment is donating $5 (for a maximum of $10,000) to the ALS Association, which aids patients with ALS - also known Lou Gehrig's Disease, after the popular New York Yankees first baseman Lou Gehrig.

The World Series MVP has recently made an appearance in Good Morning America to promote the charity event. Aside from talking with anchors Diane Sawyer, Charlie Gibson, and Marysol Castro, Schilling was also playing with his son - aptly named Gehrig, 11. Father and son are admittedly big EverQuest II fans.

By the way, EverQuest II players can also donate individually by typing the "/als" command into the game and donating directly to the charity.

Sony Online Entertainment (SOE) recently announced that Boston Red Sox pitcher, Curt Schilling, is about to debut in his favorite online video game, EverQuest II, as an epically awesome, loot-dropping virtual bad guy who battles unwary players. The bad-boy image in EverQuest II is all for a good cause. Schilling's character will live in the MMORPG's virtual world for three days during the Yankees vs. Red Sox baseball series, which is June 5-7, 2006. The character is aptly named, Curt Schilling.

During this time, anyone who's registered at Everquest II and is online can challenge the "evil" Schilling. If you beat him, not only would you be entitled to bragging rights, but you're also lending a helping hand. Why? Because every time a player defeats the virtual Schilling character, SOE, creators of EverQuest II, will make a donation of $5 dollars (up to a maximum of $10,000) to the ALS Association, which assists patients with ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig’s Disease. After the three-day affair, Curt’s character will remain within the game as a high-powered enemy that characters will have to face later in the game.

In addition, SOE will encourage its hundreds of thousands of EQII players to type /ALS within the game in order to donate money to Curt’s charity of choice, the ALS Association. This program will run for the entire three-day series and will give the SOE player community a chance to help with this worthy cause. It's a win-win situation for the player: not only will you be entitled to bragging rights, you'd be able to help people afflicted with ALS.