{"id":61126,"date":"2020-08-25T17:09:18","date_gmt":"2020-08-25T17:09:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gamerant.com\/microsoft-the-initiative-talent-sign-aaaa-studio\/"},"modified":"2020-08-25T17:09:18","modified_gmt":"2020-08-25T17:09:18","slug":"microsofts-aaaa-studio-the-initiative-hires-more-big-name-talent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/wordpress\/index.php\/2020\/08\/25\/microsofts-aaaa-studio-the-initiative-hires-more-big-name-talent\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft’s ‘AAAA’ Studio The Initiative Hires More Big Name Talent"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Microsoft’s “AAAA” studio, The Initiative<\/strong>, continues to be incredibly enigmatic with regard to whatever game it’s currently developing. Despite reports saying otherwise, the studio didn’t appear at the last Xbox Games Showcase in July,\u00a0even though there were several high-profile reveals and updates, including\u00a0Halo Infinite\u00a0<\/em>and the new\u00a0<\/a>Fable.<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

While whatever the game is remains a mystery, we are well acquainted with some of its staff. Back in April, we learned that\u00a0Uncharted 4\u00a0<\/a><\/em>developer Sylvia Chambers had been hired<\/a>, and now it has been discovered that 16 new hires have been brought into The Initiative, with more prolific and well-known talent among them.<\/p>\n

RELATED:\u00a0Rumor: The Initiative’s Xbox Series X Game Details Leak<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Studio lead Darrell Gallagher, whose own credentials include work on Grand Theft Auto 4, Destiny 2,\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0Tomb Raider<\/em>,\u00a0shared the names via a LinkedIn post, which shows Remi Lacoste from Crystal Dynamics has joined as an experiential\u00a0director.<\/p>\n

Lacoste also worked on the\u00a0Tomb Raider\u00a0<\/em>reboot trilogy, which began in 2013, where he started off as lead camera designer, before working as a cinematic experience director on\u00a0Rise of the Tomb Raider<\/em>, and then becoming game director for\u00a0Shadow of the Tomb Raider<\/a>.\u00a0<\/em>He was also originally game director for the upcoming\u00a0Avengers\u00a0<\/em>game.<\/p>\n

Secondly, there is Christine Thompson from Bungie, where she worked as narrative lead and lead writer for\u00a0Destiny 2\u00a0<\/em>and its various campaigns. She’ll be bringing her writing expertise to The Initiative<\/a>\u00a0in a lead writer position.<\/p>\n

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They will be joining the likes of\u00a0God of War\u00a0<\/em>lead producer Brian Westergaard and\u00a0Red Dead Redemption\u00a0<\/em>lead writer Christian Cantamessa, both of whom had already been snapped up by the studio. All in all, it’s sounding like quite an all-star team.<\/p>\n

Whatever game is being worked on at the studio, we can probably expect it to be of high-quality with a team like this, but have almost no indication as to what kind of game it is. A popular theory is that the studio’s making a new\u00a0Perfect Dark\u00a0<\/em>game<\/a>, but there’s no real evidence to support this. It certainly sounds as if it’s going to be something big, with the studio describing itself as a AAAA studio, which is a completely new term.<\/p>\n

While we might still be in the dark, Microsoft still has numerous other studios working under it, with their own big releases planned for the upcoming Xbox Series X. For example, Obsidian of\u00a0The Outer Worlds\u00a0<\/em>fame has a fantasy RPG called\u00a0<\/a>Avowed<\/a><\/em>, which could very well rival the juggernaut that is\u00a0Skyrim<\/em>.<\/p>\n

MORE:\u00a0What Every Xbox Games Studios Team is Working On<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Source: LinkedIn<\/a> (via\u00a0IGN<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n

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