Microsoft’s new Santa Monica-based studio, The Initiative, has been on a hiring spree and people who’ve come on board have spectacular resumes.
The Initiative was introduced by Microsoft throughout E3 2018 as a brand new studio primarily based in Santa Monica. Studio head Darrell Gallagher introduced on Friday a slew of latest hires.
Gallagher initially posted the information on LinkedIn, and it was picked up by resetera earlier than being taken down. On Saturday, Gallagher shared the information as soon as once more through a write up by Remote Play.
In case you might be unaware, Gallagher is a veteran of Activision, Crystal Dynamics, Sony, Square Enix, and THQ.
That’s the historical past lesson on the information, now let’s get to the listing of expertise employed to date.
- Blake Fischer: senior director of portfolio and planning at Microsoft
- Brian Westergaard: God of War’s senior managing producer, lead and senior producer for Rise of the Tomb Raider
- Christian Cantamessa: Red Dead Redemption and Shadow of Mordor lead author and designer
- Daniel Neuburger: Tomb Raider and Rise of the Tomb Raider co-director
Two recruiters have been additionally employed: Annie Lohr, previously of Respawn, Riot Games, and Microsoft Studios; and Lindsey McQueeney whi was beforehand lead recruiter for Crystal Dynamics and Microsoft (thanks, GI.biz).
Along with The Initiative, Microsoft announced during E3 it had acquired We Happy Few developer Compulsion Games, Ninja Theory, Playground Games, and Undead Labs.
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