Following the cancellation of Excellent Darkish and the dissolution of its devoted studio, The Initiative, two of the venture’s leaders have discovered a brand new house at Take-Two Interactive, and extra particularly, 2K.
As Bluesky’s Jason Schreier studies, Excellent Darkish studio head Darrell Gallagher and director Brian Horton have been employed by 2K to launch the brand new studio. There are not any particulars but on what the brand new studio will probably be engaged on or whether or not different former Excellent Darkish workers will probably be becoming a member of.
When requested, a 2K spokesperson confirmed the employment as follows.
With a mixed 60 years of AAA recreation manufacturing expertise in sequence reminiscent of Tomb Raider, Name of Responsibility, Future, Marvel’s Spider-Man, Hitman, and Deus Ex, we’re happy to verify that Darrell Gallagher and Brian Horton are becoming a member of 2K for his or her subsequent brand-new enterprise. We have no extra particulars to share right now, however we sit up for sharing updates on their efforts sooner or later.
This comes within the wake of Excellent Darkish’s cancellation by Xbox earlier this yr as half of a bigger wave of devastating layoffs. The venture had beforehand been troubled, with a number of studios working collectively and a number of inner revisions as studio heads tried to determine what the sport must be.
Crystal Dynamics was additionally engaged on the venture, though The Initiative was shut down because of the recreation’s cancellation. In response to Schreier’s report and corroboration from videogameaddicted’s personal sources, leaders from each studios on the venture spent two months looking for a writer in an try to save lots of the venture. Take-Two Interactive was mentioned to have been an get together, however the deal fell by way of and Crystal Dynamics needed to make headcount cuts (that is the second of three rounds this yr).
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