God of Battle Artwork Director Joins Netflix to Develop AAA New IP

God of Battle artwork director Raf Grassetti just lately introduced that he was leaving Santa Monica Studio, however didn’t disclose the place he’d be going on the time. He’s now come out and talked about his new dwelling, revealing that he could be engaged on a brand new IP over at Netflix Video games.

Raf Grassetti is becoming a member of a Netflix group with different trade veterans

Grassetti revealed the transfer on Twitter, stating that he loves making video games and that he’s “not going away anytime quickly.” He famous that he shall be becoming a member of the group led by Chacko Sonny, who left Blizzard Leisure in September 2021. Some nameless sources advised Bloomberg that Sonny was a “stabilizing drive” and “well-respected” throughout the studio.

Longtime Halo director Joseph Staten additionally left Microsoft in April to hitch Sonny’s group. Staten is understood for engaged on many video games at Microsoft from Halo 2 to Sundown Overdrive. Jerry Edsall can also be a part of this developer, and he was beforehand at The Coalition making Gears of Battle 4 and Gears 5, in addition to Xbox Sport Studios. Edsall left Microsoft in April and joined Netflix Video games in Could.

Grassetti joined Santa Monica Studio in 2013 after getting employed at Sony the yr prior. He had beforehand labored as a senior character artist at BioWare for Mass Impact 3 and its many items of DLC.

Not a lot is understood about this AAA new IP, however earlier job listings have implied that it will likely be a shooter of some variety that has potential of being “worthy of a Netflix movie/TV collection.” It additionally referred to as for candidates to have “intensive expertise” with dwell service video games.