Some people have emailed me to ask if “what they have heard” is true. Yes, it is: this Christmas I will be leaving Pyro Studios. Unlike other veterans, I’m staying in the games industry; I have already accepted a job offer outside of Spain, which means I will be doing a lot of packing in a couple months.

Leaving the company at which I have worked hard for the past eight years was a hard decision, but in hindsight it was inevitable. I wish them the best of lucks in what they’re trying to achieve. No matter where I am, a part of me will always be rooting for their success in particular, and the consolidation of a viable Spanish games development industry in general.

In unrelated news:

– I’ve added a link to Baktery’s new web comic Anthony & l33t.

– In Wired you can find an interview with Orson Scott Card about his new multi-format project “Empire”. As hard as I find to stomach some of his political views, he’s a brilliant storyteller, and he knows a lot about videogames.