Artistic Meeting has introduced the formation of a brand new studio primarily based in Newcastle. It will likely be the Sega-owned Whole Warfare and Alien: Isolation developer’s third studio after its Sussex, UK and Sofia, Bulgaria places. The brand new studio can be known as Artistic Meeting North, or CA North, and can home a versatile group initially engaged on an unannounced undertaking alongside the primary CA studio in Sussex.
We’re delighted to announce a brand new growth studio, Artistic Meeting North. Primarily based in Newcastle, UK, CA North is working collaboratively with our Sussex group on an unannounced undertaking and is house to our newly fashioned Steady Enchancment Workforce.https://t.co/EvsMOJ3U6V pic.twitter.com/IGKMI3hQdVMarch 16, 2023
The Newcastle studio can be led by Giselle Stewart, an trade veteran beforehand in command of Ubisoft’s Reflections, developer of the Driver sequence, The Crew, and Develop Residence/Develop Up. “Beginning a brand new growth studio from scratch with the total assist and insights of one of many UK’s oldest and largest studios is extremely thrilling. We’re embracing flexibility, quick iteration, and creation, whereas fostering cross-location collaboration,” stated Stewart in a press release.
Artistic Meeting intends to develop by about 100 new builders within the close to future, each inventive and technical roles, together with for work on a brand new and unannounced undertaking. CA says that undertaking is in its “early prototyping section” of fast-moving, iterative growth. The brand new studio may also home a group of builders devoted to “steady enchancment.” CA says this implies it will be specializing in “collaborating throughout Artistic Meeting with the objective of sustained steady enchancment in instruments, workflows and growth expertise.”
Artistic Meeting is at present owned by SEGA, and has skilled a decade of robust development after discovering big success with video games like Alien: Isolation and the Whole Warfare: Warhammer trilogy. It is at present engaged on expansions for Whole Warfare: Warhammer, just like the not too long ago introduced Forge of the Chaos Dwarfs (opens in new tab), and Hyenas (opens in new tab), a multiplayer shooter.
“Artistic Meeting North establishes us in certainly one of largest cities for gaming within the UK. Alongside bringing extra unimaginable expertise onto our initiatives, the institution of a brand new steady enchancment group will see sustained advantages throughout all our groups for a few years to return, contributing to a frequently bettering growth expertise for our folks,” stated Gareth Edmondson, Artistic Meeting’s studio director.
