Posted October 05, 2017
MadalinStroe: Does he? I know he did some contractor work on 3-4 games for XSEED, completely fixing their PC releases, but I never heard anything about him actually being hired by them. Didn't he say he did all his modding/fixing as a hobby, in his free time, while he actually has a paying job?
Even so, should he be employed by XSEED, whatever he does in his free time should be of no concern to XSEED. He could fix Nioh, if it ends up in need of fixing, like he did for the first Dark Souls, by releasing the fix on moddb.
paladin181: Except when you work for one company, doing work for a competitor is generally frowned upon at best and explicitly forbidden in no compete clauses of contracts at worst. I'm not saying that any such nonsense exists, again. I'm merely stating that it could theoretically present an obstacle. Even so, should he be employed by XSEED, whatever he does in his free time should be of no concern to XSEED. He could fix Nioh, if it ends up in need of fixing, like he did for the first Dark Souls, by releasing the fix on moddb.
But again I can't find anything about Durante being hired by XSEED. He did only some contract work for them. Which means that he was hired for a task, he did his part, and that was the end of his obligation to XSEED. There should be no restrictions on him modding any game he might consider worthy of his skills.