Ninja Idea co-founder and Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice director Tameem Antoniades has apparently left the studio with little or no fanfare.
In response to a Polygon preview of the upcoming Senua’s Saga: Hellblade 2, an Xbox spokesperson confirmed that Antoniades “is now not with the studio” (that is Polygon’s Oli Welsh I am quoting, not the spokesperson).
Welsh says that Antoniades was concerned in Senua’s Saga: Hellblade 2 throughout its early levels of improvement, however that the sport now has “a trio of inventive leads” in technical staffers Dan Attwell, Mark Slater-Tunstill, and David Garcia.
Antoniades’ departure comes as one thing of a shock provided that no official announcement was apparently made on both his half or Ninja Idea’s half.
A fast look at Antoniades’ Instagram web page reveals a submit celebrating Hellblade 2‘s exhibiting at 2023’s Recreation Awards, the place a brand new trailer for the sport was offered and the band Heilung carried out the tune “Seidh”, which can seem within the sport.
In that submit, Antoniades remains to be utilizing “we” to check with Ninja Idea, so his departure presumably got here someplace between December and now.
Given his stage of involvement within the studio since its inception, it is considerably puzzling that there is been no official touch upon his obvious departure. He is additionally nonetheless listed as a “present director” on the Ninja Idea LinkedIn web page.
Ninja Idea is at present gearing as much as launch its subsequent sport, Senua’s Saga: Hellblade 2, which is arriving in Might, as introduced throughout January’s Xbox showcase.
A direct followup to 2017’s Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice, the sport will as soon as once more comply with Senua as she embarks on a “brutal journey of survival by way of the parable and torment of Viking Iceland”.
The sport is because of arrive on PC and Xbox Collection X|S on Might twenty first. We have reached out to Ninja Idea concerning Antoniades’ departure and can replace as quickly as we hear extra.
