Brad abandoned Sigil, Vanguard acquired by SOE.

Ok, when I heard about this, I litterally feel like this icon above. Brad McQuaid was very well known and gained a lot of trust among the online gamer community being the creatore of EQ1 back in it’s glorious day. A lot of people, including my close friend Jeeb, followed Brad into his new game, Vanguard : Saga of Heroes.

From a reliable source, it turns out that Brad actually hadn’t showed up at Sigil office

for years

Leaving his team to fend for themselves even during the release date dead line. Yet he kept appearing on interviews on various websites speaking as if he’s still in full control of the studio. This was quite a shock and it disheartened many of my Vanguard friends: they felt betrayed.

I haven’t played Vanguard for quite some time now due to some personal stuff. But for the short time I played, I felt the game had lots of promising feature that, if it has had a good leader since the beginning, should have led the game so far high into its success. Sadly that doesn’t look like the case anymore. Anyway, you can read more about it in these links.

SOE’s official announcement of Sigil acquisition
Brad McQuaid abandoned Vanguard
A few insights from Todd Masten (He made music for Vanguard, one of the game’s best aspect)
(Added) Interview with ex-Sigil employee

I feel sorry for Sigil employee who put trust and stuck themselves to this game. Now half the company lose their job, yet Brad moves up to CEO of SOE, supervising the Vanguard team still…