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 have been unique founders of the studio and masterminds behind its standard Batman Arkham sequence. Nonetheless, it appears the 2 are leaving Rocksteady amicably on the finish of the yr with confidence within the workforce 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 depart the studio. We’re very proud to have labored alongside Jamie and Sefton, who’ve led their proficient 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 all the time been a spotlight for me personally – the eye to element, the vitality of the folks and a way of what it’s prefer to be in a excessive performing studio. They’ve dedicated to the best high quality and excellence throughout all sides of sport improvement whereas making certain an excellent 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 proficient executives and they’re enthusiastic about 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 immediately, so that they have shared their ideas under:
“Our resolution to depart Rocksteady was emotional to say the least! From the day we based the corporate in 2004 all the way in which 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 proficient folks. We’re so pleased with the workforce right here for the video games we’ve 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 further particular about Rocksteady that goes past the video games we make, and everybody who works right here feels it. It’s the unbelievable 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 consider folks put on their Rocksteady T-shirts with satisfaction 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 onerous work and all the things they carry to make this such an amazing place to be.
A few of our proudest moments occurred due to this workforce’s vitality and expertise: getting the possibility to work with Warner Bros. and DC on Batman, the great Arkham Video games being far more than we may 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 eventually, 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 help for what we do is the gasoline 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 palms, and the workforce 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 trade and we all know their dedication to Rocksteady and their expertise and vitality will take the workforce to even better heights. We couldn’t be happier that they’re main the long run 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 wish 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 aim is to help our proficient, hardworking workforce, retaining the center 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 help the superb, artistic and proficient workforce at Rocksteady. All through my profession on the studio, I’ve been pushed by the workforce’s ardour and collaborative vitality 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 supplied through the years, and for the time we’ve 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 sport experiences.”
– Darius Sadeghian, Studio Product Director
I personally wish 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 very best 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 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.
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