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Hero's Song, the new role-playing game by John Smedley, has arrived on Steam Early Access. Hero's Song is the game that had its Kickstarter campaign cancelled at the beginning of the year because it wasn't going to be successful.John Smedley is the guy who made EverQuest, the former boss of Sony Online Studios that became Daybreak Studios more recently. The maker of H1Z1 and the super-duper Planetside 2. Smedley left Daybreak in summer 2015 following online harassment.
I say Smedley made EverQuest but it was of course a team effort. Smedley might have dreamt up the concept but it was turned into design by Bill Trost, Brad McQuaid and Steve Clover. And Bill Trost works with Smedley now, at Pixelmage Games, the company making Hero's Song. He's the creative director there. There are many other experienced game developers there as well. In other words, Hero's Song has some clout behind it.
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