Wow amazing get for Microsoft. Is Xbox trying to build their own Naughty dog now?
Robert Ryan has worked on uncharted series and the last of us.
Robert Ryan has worked on uncharted series and the last of us.
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Former Naughty Dog and The Motive Game Designer Robert Ryan joins The Initiative as Senior Systems Designer
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Pretty safe bet most at Naughty Dog have worked on Uncharted and The Last of Us, considering that's what they've released recently.
Seems like it'll be a long time until we see results from them though.
Is it really news when someone who works at a videogame studio leaves that videogame studio to work at another? I'm legitimately curious. I wonder if banks have a forum they use when a director leaves Bank of America to go work at Wells Fargo.
I don't want this to come off as condescending - I'm legitimately curious if this should be news-worthy.
I don't want this to come off as condescending - I'm legitimately curious if this should be news-worthy.
MS isn't slowing down and with Game pass in the mix they will continue to grow and expand their 1P talent and studios. I expect at least 3 new devs joining XGS at E3.
True - probably not until 2023. Perhaps even 2024. If it's their first game ever and it's AAA or AAAA then they need time.
The issue isn't talent, though. I wouldn't say that Microsoft have lacked talented individuals before.
Studios need a strong vision and cohesive dynamic to really flourish, and that's hard to nail down. Fingers crossed The Initiative manages to bring it all together on their first project.
No, they already said that they will be a small studio, naughty dog is like 450 devs now iirc.
This person left naughty dog 2 years ago, I don't see why would this mean anything for the state of the money mode.
I wouldn't be surprised if we see a small game from them sooner before they go fully into the big, AAA(A) game space. For a completely new studio it might be better to get their feet wet with something on the smaller side and iron out the kinks.
Welcome to the gaming industry then lol
It's news and it's normal.
When Jade Raymond left Ubisoft to join EA and then left EA to join Google it was big news.
Brian Westergaard - Lead Producer/Senior Producer on ROTR and Senior Managing Producer on God of War
Christian Cantamessa - Leader Writer and Designer on Red Dead Redemption
Tom Shepherd - Technical director at Rockstar games (RDR GTA)
Chris O'Neill - Senior level designer at Santa Monica and Kojima Production
Drew Murray - Lead designer at Insomniac games
Daniel Neuburger - Game director at Crystal Dynamics for 12 years.
Some of the people i remember that joined. Probably missed some.
Christian Cantamessa - Leader Writer and Designer on Red Dead Redemption
Tom Shepherd - Technical director at Rockstar games (RDR GTA)
Chris O'Neill - Senior level designer at Santa Monica and Kojima Production
Drew Murray - Lead designer at Insomniac games
Daniel Neuburger - Game director at Crystal Dynamics for 12 years.
Some of the people i remember that joined. Probably missed some.
And it starts. Or maybe just maybe their work on the multiplayer systems is in designing it is done. Usually people move on after those types of things are completed. Once the system is in place and works, it's up to QA, and support team to manage it as it get's updated/modified.
Always happens. You see people get hired with ramp up especially for multiplayer they get put on later on a project that's not multiplayer focused but has one.
Not a sign that MP does not work. If it's releasing soon then their initial work is done. Unless the game is not going to have MP all together. Which would suck but is not a deal breaker.
Damn. They are absolutely going to kill it with whatever they are working on.
Definitely on track for the next masterpiece.
Hopefully MS will publish it to every platform so that every gamers around the world get to enjoy this masterpiece.
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Do you think they are making a AAA game or a indie? I don't think they'd hire all this talent for a indie game. And wow 450 ppl at naughty.??
No studio will start big. Recipe for disaster. Move and grow over time.
Ditto. This happens all the time... outside of famous talent, it feels a bit weird to follow the personal comings and goings of people.
Feels like quasi insider/promoters trying to promote/hype the credibility of new studios by proxy though, tbh. I understand why they're doing it but it's a little on the nose.
Naughty Dog also started small. They only started expanding rapidly after UC3 but that aside we have no idea how big they will be. Darrell has said in the past it all depends on the project they will work on. The core team could be 150 - 250 and that could be seen as a small team compared to 343i which is over 600 devs now..but don't forget they could also contract some jobs out as many studios do now.
Not saying that they are indie, but they're not going to make halo quality titles, I can see the, maybe growing to 100 developers and make lower budget AAA titles
Hyperbole I think.
Seriously though, good for everyone in this new team. Looks like a fun mix that could lead to something exciting.
Is this person a particularly notable part of ND or in some kind of senior position? Why is their switching workplaces a big deal?
It isn't, but people think it's a big deal because he used to work for ND.
Depends on who it is. Imagine if it was Cory Barlog, aka Mr God of War, you don't think that would be news-worthy?
Gotcha, yah. Given the size of the studio it just seems weird to be nitpicking particular moves of non-senior and non-notable personnel -- actually kind of borderline stalker-ish.
Just pick a Sony studio and check where all devs have worked before. You will see a lot of them have also worked at well-known studios.
Look at Cloud Imperium Games (Star Citizen). A lot of devs and artist have been working for movies like Alien, Star Wars, Devs from EA, Ubisoft, Sony, even Guerrilla Games, Microsoft, CDPR and go on.
Look at Cloud Imperium Games (Star Citizen). A lot of devs and artist have been working for movies like Alien, Star Wars, Devs from EA, Ubisoft, Sony, even Guerrilla Games, Microsoft, CDPR and go on.
As Cory is the Game Director on a game that won countless GOTY awards and is well known, that would definitely be news. This is just a designer who moved studios. Not to diminish his role or talent, but this isn't news. Will be interesting to see what they all make.
Their job listings and previous posts have said they're working on AAA/AAAA projects, staying small and agile in the AAA space isn't that small. Sucker Punch is small by typical big budget AAA standards, given that they talked about building games in a different way I assume they will use a lot of outsourcing to avoid the team becoming big and unwieldy. They have said they're currently building the core team out and they're close to finishing that, from there they will grow.
Agree. I really don't think these needs their own thread. These things happen all the time.