Red 5 Studios

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Red 5 Studios
Type Private
Founded 2005
Headquarters Irvine, CA
Key people Mark Kern
William Petras
Taewon Yun
Industry Computer and video game industry
Website http://www.red5studios.com/

Red 5 Studios is a computer game company currently most known for their high ratio of former employees of Blizzard Entertainment, one of the most successful game companies in the world. The founders previously worked on World of Warcraft.[1] Mark Kern was Team Lead, William Petras was Art Director, and Taewon Yun was part of the company's Korean operation which oversaw the launch of World of Warcraft in Asia. The company will be focusing on creating Massively Multiplayer Online Entertainment.

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[edit] Recruiting

In early 2007, Red 5 Studios launched a campaign increase the size of the organization by recruiting the top game developers in the industry. Citing a lack of success using conventional recruiting methods, Red 5 turned to San Francisco-based Pool, to help them send a personalized recruiting pitch each of the 100 prospective hires.

In early February, the project was completed, and each of the "dream hires" was delivered a package containing 5 nested art boxes, with an iPod nano containing a personalized message in the center. As of June 2007, three of the candidates had joined Red 5, and a fourth was being interviewed. [2]

[edit] Game Development

On February 28, 2006, Red 5 Studios announced that Webzen will be publishing an as-of-yet unannounced MMOG, using the Offset Engine.[3]


[edit] References

  1. ^ Interview with Mark Kern (Red 5 Studios), Game Tycoon
  2. ^ Covel, Simona, "Start-Up Lures Talent with Creative Pitch", Wall Street Journal, June 4, 2007. accessed September 20, 2007
  3. ^ WEBZEN Signs Exclusive Worldwide Publishing Deal With Red 5, Red 5 Studios press release

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