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 sport, 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 group they’re abandoning to hold Suicide Squad throughout the end line.
Right here is the assertion in full:
I’ve some necessary 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 finest video games on the earth. From the critically acclaimed hit Batman Arkham franchise to their evolutionary pondering with Suicide Squad, they’ve been nice leaders of the group. Visiting Rocksteady Studios has all the time been a spotlight for me personally – the eye to element, the vitality 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 sport improvement whereas guaranteeing an excellent tradition of caring for his or her workers. 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 now have the utmost respect and gratitude for Jamie and Sefton and need all of them the most effective of their new endeavor, and like many followers, we sit up for what they do subsequent.
Rocksteady could be very well-positioned with veteran studio management being elevated to supervise the group. 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 captivated with persevering with the high-quality sport 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 instantly, in order 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 best way to immediately, 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 individuals. We’re so pleased with the group right here for the video games we’ve got all made collectively, from our first sport 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 group has for one another which have made this unforgettable journey so particular. We imagine individuals put on their Rocksteady T-shirts with pleasure due to how we deal with one another and the way it feels to be right here. We need to thank the group for his or her onerous work and all the pieces they create to make this such an amazing place to be.
A few of our proudest moments occurred due to this group’s vitality and expertise: getting the prospect to work with Warner Bros. and DC on Batman, the fantastic 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 trade we love a lot by serving to budding video games makers, and eventually, 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 assist for what we do is the gasoline that motivates us to be our greatest. They’re the prolonged Rocksteady group and we want them an enormous thanks for energizing us over the past 18 years! Now with Suicide Squad in protected fingers, and the group 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 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 vitality will take the group to even larger heights. We couldn’t be happier that they’re main the longer term right here and need all of them the perfect.”
– 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 think about to be the most effective video games improvement studios within the trade. It’s been an absolute pleasure to work alongside them and I want all of them the perfect 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 group, retaining the center and wonderful 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 assist the wonderful, artistic and proficient group at Rocksteady. All through my profession on the studio, I’ve been pushed by the group’s ardour and collaborative vitality to realize their artistic imaginative and prescient. I need to lengthen my because of Jamie and Sefton, for all of the assist and steering they’ve offered over time, and for the time we’ve got 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 modern and world-class sport experiences.”
– Darius Sadeghian, Studio Product Director
I personally need to thank Jamie, Sefton, Nathan and Darius for all of their onerous work and dedication to creating this transition as sturdy as potential. Please be part of me in wishing Jamie and Sefton the most effective and congratulating Nathan and Darius.
David
As you possibly can see, the duo will stay at Rocksteady via the tip 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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