Former Star Wars Jedi: Survivor director Stig Asmussen has revealed Giant Skull, a new triple-A studio developing action-adventure games. Prior to directing Survivor and its predecessor, Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, Asmussen worked as the director of God of War III and art director of God of War II at Sony Santa Monica.
He left Star Wars Jedi developer Respawn Entertainment in September. Giant Skull is headquartered in Los Angeles but will feature remote developers from around the world.
According to the press release, Giant Skull is a triple-A studio dedicated to building "gameplay-driven, story immersive action-adventure games set in captivating worlds." Considering Asmussen's work on franchises like Star Wars Jedi and God of War, this sounds like he's taking that experience to create a new intellectual property.
Other developers at Giant Skull include chief technology officer Jon Carr, who was the technical director on Jedi Survivor, art director Patrick Murphy, whose resume includes art director on Fortnite and Valorant, lead producer Lauren McLemore, who was a lead producer on Fortnite, and designer director Jeff Magers, who previously handled design on Jedi Survivor and Fallen Order. Giant Skull's animation director is Brian Campbell, who was a founding member of the Fortnite team at Epic Games and then an animation director there, and the studio's chief operating and financial officer is Anthony Scott, who has experience running teams such as Rocksteady Studios.
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