Rockstar's Animation Director, and Telltale's Writing Director, are working on Sony's Firesprite new game.

[Gamernyc78]

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[Old Gamer]

 

[Gamernyc78]

This gonna be good!

 

[Nhomnhom]

It doesn't get much better than R* animations.

 

[Gamernyc78]

It doesn't get much better than R* animations.

It has some talent working on it so I'm excited.

 

[Kokoloko]

It doesn't get much better than R* animations.

Only Naughty Dog and Santa Monica are in the same class. But this is great news

 

[Gamernyc78]

Only Naughty Dog and Santa Monica are in the same class. But this is great news

Naughty Dog are the cream of the crop imo but all have great talent.

 

[Danja]

Hopefully we get to see this game later this summer

 

[Gamernyc78]

Hopefully we get to see this game later this summer

Definitely want to see what form factor the gameplay takes. I don't want a "Telltale" style game so I'm crossing my fingers.

 

[Danja]

Definitely want to see what form factor the gameplay takes. I don't want a "Telltale" style game so I'm crossing my fingers.

Well I don't see them making a Telltale type of game at all, not with the talent they have employed there. But I'm def interested to see if they can pull off a new Horror hit. It's definitely an area PlayStation has been lacking in since Siren.

 

[Gamernyc78]

Well I don't see them making a Telltale type of game at all, not with the talent they have employed there. But I'm def interested to see if they can pull off a new Horror hit. It's definitely an area PlayStation has been lacking in since Siren.

That's what I said earlier, they are a showcase, technical team so I doubt it'll be the before mentioned.

 

[Yurinka]

Yes, Firesprite had mostly people who previously were in Psygnosis/Sony Liverpool Studio/XDEV, Evolution/Codemasters Evo and Bizarre Creations/Lucid but they have been growing and hiring from many other AAA studios. You only need to and watch the LinkedIn of the Firesprite staff.

Some highlights of their main devs:

• Studio Art Director who worked in Riot, Naughty Dog, Guerrilla, Psygnosis/Sony Liverpool Studio
• Creative Director who worked in Lucid, and as studio game director in Evolution
• Associate Creative Director who worked in Evolution, Codemasters and Lucid
• Game Director who worked in Liverpool Studio, XDEV, EA
• Game Director who worked in Codemasters (Dirt series)
• Game Director who worked in Horizon CoM, The Persistence, two unreleased Firesprite games
• Technical Director who worked in Evolution and Codemasters
• Technical Production Director who worked in XDEV and EA
• Technical Animation Director who worked in EA, Walt Disney, Lucasfilm, Supermassive
• Art Director from Codemasters Evo
• Art Director who worked in Ubisoft, Treyarch, Capcom or EA
• Associate Art Director who worked in Psygnosis / Liverpool Studio, Playground, Playrise
• Associate Art Director who worked in Psygnosis / Liverpool Studio
• Studio Development Director who worked in XDEV, Traveller Tales
• Development Director who worked in Supermassive
• Development Director who worked in Media Molecule, Hello Games (she was the only No Man's Sky producer), Slightly Mad Studios
• Senior Development Manager who worked in Supermassive
• Development Manager who worked in Sony Liverpool
• Lead Designer who worked in Evolution
• Lead Narrative Designer who worked in Supermassive
• Lead Concept Artist who worked in Sony Liverpool, Sony London, Lionhead, Criterion/EA Gotheburg, Splash Damage, EA, Bullfrog, Marvel, WB
• Lead Engine Programmer who worked in Ubisoft and the studio now making CoD Warzone Mobile
• Lead Character Artist who worked in Sega, Codemasters, Supermassive
• Leat Technical Artist who worked in Rare
• Lead Gameplay Animator who worked in Rockstar, Guerrilla, Sumo Digital, Reflections, Playground, Sony Cambridge
• Lead Programmer who worked in Sony Liverpool and Traveller Tales
• Principal Game Designer who worked in Naughty Dog, Team 17, Sumo
• Principal Game Designer who worked in Sony Cambridge Studio, Ninja Theory, Frontier (Elite Dangerous)
• Principal Lead Designer who worked in Supermassive, Ubisoft Toronto, Cloud Imperium, Guerrilla, Climax
• Principal Level Designer who worked in Lionhead, Codemasters, Playground, nDreams
• Principal Environment Artist who worked in Splash Damage, Rocksteady
• Principal Programmer who worked in Sony Liverpool and Traveller Tales
• Principal Technical Animator who worked in Rare and Lionhead
• Principal Technical Artist who worked in Sega

Seems Sony isn't only poaching Supermassive via Ballistic Moon, but also via Firesprite. Which makes me think that the dark horror adventure Firesprite has in the works is either a PSVR2 version of the Until Dawn remake or that they are working on its sequel. It's also important to notice that Firesprite got an important amount of people from Playground and Lionhead.

 

[Gamernyc78]

It's taken Rockstar 12 years just to come out with a game so thts a moot point. And yes I created another thread awhile ago about their talent pool.