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 authentic founders of the studio and masterminds behind its common Batman Arkham sequence. Nonetheless, it appears the 2 are leaving Rocksteady amicably on the finish of the yr with confidence within the crew they’re abandoning to hold Suicide Squad throughout the end line.
Right here is the assertion in full:
I’ve some vital information to share with you about Rocksteady Studios. Co-founders and studio heads Sefton Hill and Jamie Walker have made the choice to go away the studio. We’re very proud to have labored alongside Jamie and Sefton, who’ve led their proficient groups to create a few of the greatest video games on this planet. From the critically acclaimed hit Batman Arkham franchise to their evolutionary pondering with Suicide Squad, they’ve been nice leaders of the crew. Visiting Rocksteady Studios has all the time been a spotlight for me personally – the eye to element, the power of the folks and a way of what it’s wish to be in a excessive performing studio. They’ve dedicated to the very best high quality and excellence throughout all aspects of recreation growth whereas guaranteeing an excellent tradition of caring for his or her staff. With Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League almost completed, they’ve each determined to go away Rocksteady on the finish of 2022 and can start a brand new journey in gaming. We’ve the utmost respect and gratitude for Jamie and Sefton and want all of them one of the 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 crew. We’re extraordinarily happy to announce that Nathan Burlow, very long time Rocksteady Director of Manufacturing and authentic 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 proficient executives and they’re obsessed with persevering with the high-quality recreation growth 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 straight, so that they have shared their ideas under:
“Our choice to go away Rocksteady was emotional to say the least! From the day we based the corporate in 2004 all the way in which to in the present day, 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 proficient folks. We’re so pleased with the crew right here for the video games now we have 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 over time, the friendships made, and the care this crew has for one another which have made this unforgettable journey so particular. We consider folks 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 need to thank the crew for his or her exhausting work and the whole lot they bring about to make this such an amazing place to be.
A few of our proudest moments occurred due to this crew’s power and expertise: getting the prospect to work with Warner Bros. and DC on Batman, the great Arkham Video games being far more than we might probably have imagined, the prospect to work with our a few of our childhood heroes, giving again to the business we love a lot by serving to budding video games makers, and at last, constructing a tradition right here the place folks 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 assist for what we do is the gasoline that motivates us to be our greatest. They’re the prolonged Rocksteady crew and we want them an enormous thanks for energizing us over the past 18 years! Now with Suicide Squad in secure fingers, and the crew right here stronger than ever, it’s time handy over the reins, and for us to start out a brand new journey collectively in video games.
Nathan and Darius have proved their ardour and ability at Rocksteady over a few years. They’re veterans of our business and we all know their dedication to Rocksteady and their expertise and power will take the crew to even higher heights. We couldn’t be happier that they’re main the long run right here and want 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 need to thank them for creating what I take into account to be the most effective video games growth studios within the business. 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 purpose is to assist our proficient, hardworking crew, 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 steer and assist the superb, inventive and proficient crew at Rocksteady. All through my profession on the studio, I’ve been pushed by the crew’s ardour and collaborative power to realize their inventive imaginative and prescient. I need to lengthen my because of Jamie and Sefton, for all of the assist and steering they’ve supplied over time, and for the time now we have spent working carefully collectively, which has been very particular to me. My dedication and purpose are to proceed constructing upon Rocksteady’s legacy for delivering progressive and world-class recreation experiences.”
– Darius Sadeghian, Studio Product Director
I personally need to thank Jamie, Sefton, Nathan and Darius for all of their exhausting work and dedication to creating this transition as robust as potential. Please be a part of me in wishing Jamie and Sefton one of the best and congratulating Nathan and Darius.
David
As you possibly can see, the duo will stay at Rocksteady by the top of the yr 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 authentic founding member Nathan Burlow will step up into the function of studio director, and Darius Sadeghian will take over because the studio product director.
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