Final 12 months, God of Battle Artwork Director Raf Grassetti introduced he was leaving Santa Monica Studio to hitch Netflix. Now, round a 12 months and a half later, the artist is coming again to Sony, however with a special lauded studio.
God of Battle Artwork Director now with Sony’s Naughty Canine
In a submit on X (previously Twitter), Grassetti merely writes “new chapter” together with an image of the Naughty Canine brand. It seems like they’ll be lending their abilities to assist form no matter The Final of Us creators are making.
Grassetti’s first run with Sony Interactive Leisure started in 2012 working as an Artwork Supervisor on Killzone: Shadow Fall, Notorious: Second Son, and The Order: 1886. He then moved to Santa Monica Studio in 2013. Starting as a Principal Artist, he finally grew to become the Studio Artwork Director. He has labored on each God of Battle (2018) and God of Battle Ragnarok.
In Might 2023, he introduced his departure from Sony. Very quickly after, he introduced he had moved to Netflix to assist develop a brand new AAA recreation.
“It’s bittersweet, however above all, I’m overwhelmed with gratitude for the numerous alternatives I’ve been lucky to have,” mentioned Grassetti when he first left Sony.
“I’m comfortable to announce that I’ve joined Netflix to develop a brand new authentic IP AAA recreation,” mentioned Grassetti when he joined the streaming big. “I’m actually excited to construct a staff and to work with the wonderful Joseph Staten, Jerry Edsall and Chacko Sonny to deliver a brand new world to life.”
Whereas it appears the staff at Netflix had massive aspirations on the time, an authentic AAA recreation has but to be constituted of the corporate.
Naughty Canine has been tight lipped about their subsequent challenge. Nonetheless, there are some tidbits which have come out fairly lately. One of many latest rumors suggests the studio’s subsequent recreation will concentrate on participant freedom. Moreover, it’s identified that the sport has been in improvement since 2020, and that studio head Neil Druckmann may have full artistic management. Most lately, it was revealed Indiana Jones and the Nice Circle voice actor Troy Baker will work with the studio as soon as once more.