Rocksteady Studios co-founders Sefton Hill and Jamie Walker have introduced that they're departing from the studio.
This information comes as a little bit of a shock, each as a result of Hill was the director of the studio’s upcoming recreation, Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League, and since each had been unique founders of the studio and masterminds behind its in style Batman Arkham sequence. Nonetheless, it appears the 2 are leaving Rocksteady amicably on the finish of the 12 months with confidence within the workforce they’re forsaking to hold Suicide Squad throughout the end line.
Right here is the assertion in full:
I’ve some essential information to share with you about Rocksteady Studios. Co-founders and studio heads Sefton Hill and Jamie Walker have made the choice to depart the studio. We’re very proud to have labored alongside Jamie and Sefton, who’ve led their gifted groups to create among the finest video games on the earth. From the critically acclaimed hit Batman Arkham franchise to their evolutionary considering with Suicide Squad, they’ve been nice leaders of the workforce. Visiting Rocksteady Studios has at all times been a spotlight for me personally – the eye to element, the power of the individuals and a way of what it’s prefer to be in a excessive performing studio. They’ve dedicated to the very best high quality and excellence throughout all aspects of recreation improvement whereas making certain an impressive tradition of caring for his or her staff. With Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League practically completed, they’ve each determined to depart Rocksteady on the finish of 2022 and can start a brand new journey in gaming. Now we have the utmost respect and gratitude for Jamie and Sefton and need all of them the very best of their new endeavor, and like many followers, we look ahead to what they do subsequent.
Rocksteady may be very well-positioned with veteran studio management being elevated to supervise the workforce. We’re extraordinarily happy to announce that Nathan Burlow, very long time Rocksteady Director of Manufacturing and unique founding member of the studio, will step up into the function of Studio Director and Darius Sadeghian will take the reigns as Studio Product Director. Nathan and Darius are extraordinarily gifted executives and they’re captivated with persevering with the high-quality recreation improvement of Rocksteady for Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League and all future video games.
It’s best to listen to from Jamie and Sefton in addition to Nathan and Darius immediately, so that they have shared their ideas beneath:
“Our choice to depart Rocksteady was emotional to say the least! From the day we based the corporate in 2004 all the best way to at present, Rocksteady has been our life and soul. It has given us the chance to do what we love most: make nice video games with exceptionally gifted individuals. We’re so pleased with the workforce right here for the video games we have now all made collectively, from our first recreation City Chaos, to the much-loved Arkham sequence, and now the epic Suicide Squad.
However there’s something additional particular about Rocksteady that goes past the video games we make, and everybody who works right here feels it. It’s the unimaginable moments that we’ve shared through the years, the friendships made, and the care this workforce has for one another which have made this unforgettable journey so particular. We imagine individuals put on their Rocksteady T-shirts with delight due to how we deal with one another and the way it feels to be right here. We wish to thank the workforce for his or her laborious work and every little thing they carry to make this such an incredible place to be.
A few of our proudest moments occurred due to this workforce’s power and expertise: getting the possibility to work with Warner Bros. and DC on Batman, the fantastic Arkham Video games being far more than we might probably have imagined, the possibility to work with our a few of our childhood heroes, giving again to the trade we love a lot by serving to budding video games makers, and at last, constructing a tradition right here the place individuals can simply be themselves and collectively make nice video games.
One very particular ingredient in all of that is the Rocksteady followers. Their pleasure and help for what we do is the gas that motivates us to be our greatest. They’re the prolonged Rocksteady workforce and we want them an enormous thanks for energizing us over the past 18 years! Now with Suicide Squad in secure arms, and the workforce right here stronger than ever, it’s time at hand over the reins, and for us to begin a brand new journey collectively in video games.
Nathan and Darius have proved their ardour and talent at Rocksteady over a few years. They’re veterans of our trade and we all know their dedication to Rocksteady and their expertise and power will take the workforce to even higher heights. We couldn’t be happier that they’re main the longer term right here and need all of them the easiest.”
– Jamie Walker & Sefton Hill
“Having labored with Jamie and Sefton as one of many founding members of the studio, I wish to thank them for creating what I think about to be among the best video games improvement studios within the trade. It’s been an absolute pleasure to work alongside them and I want all of them the easiest sooner or later. I’m very passionate and honored for the chance to proceed the management of Rocksteady with Darius. My aim is to help our gifted, hardworking workforce, retaining the guts and superb tradition of the studio. We’re trying ahead to constructing upon our successes with the upcoming launch of Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League and our future video games.”
– Nathan Burlow, Studio Director
“I’m thrilled to have the chance to guide and help the superb, artistic and gifted workforce at Rocksteady. All through my profession on the studio, I’ve been pushed by the workforce’s ardour and collaborative power to attain their artistic imaginative and prescient. I wish to prolong my because of Jamie and Sefton, for all of the help and steering they’ve offered through the years, and for the time we have now spent working carefully collectively, which has been very particular to me. My dedication and aim are to proceed constructing upon Rocksteady’s legacy for delivering progressive and world-class recreation experiences.”
– Darius Sadeghian, Studio Product Director
I personally wish to thank Jamie, Sefton, Nathan and Darius for all of their laborious work and dedication to creating this transition as sturdy as doable. Please be a part of me in wishing Jamie and Sefton the very best and congratulating Nathan and Darius.
David
As you’ll be able to see, the duo will stay at Rocksteady by means of the top of the 12 months earlier than embarking on “a brand new journey in gaming.” Suicide Squad is due out someday within the spring of 2023. As for Rocksteady’s lineup after their departure, longtime director of manufacturing and unique founding member Nathan Burlow will step up into the function of studio director, and Darius Sadeghian will take over because the studio product director.
Supply: Recreation Informer
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