Recreation director Stig Asmussen, recognized for his work on God Of Warfare and later EA’s Star Wars Jedi video games, has introduced that he shall be leaving Respawn to pursue different alternatives, Bloomberg stories. Beneath his management, the single-player Star Wars Jedi titles helped to revitalise EA’s slate of Star Wars video games, with each video games attaining crucial and business success.
“After cautious thought and consideration, Stig Asmussen has determined to depart Respawn to pursue different adventures, and we want him the very best of luck,” an EA spokesperson stated on the announcement. “Veteran Respawn leaders shall be stepping as much as information the workforce as they proceed their work on Star Wars Jedi: Survivor.”
Jedi: Survivor launched this April, and continues to get updates for efficiency and high quality of life. Asmussen stated earlier than Survivor’s launch that the workforce went into growing the sport with plans for a sequel in thoughts, with an insider reporting builders at Respawn assumed there could be a 3rd Jedi recreation offered Survivor carried out effectively. With all stories referring to the broader Star Wars: Jedi workforce, it is doable {that a} third recreation may nonetheless go forward with out Asmussen within the lead.
Asmussen has spoken on what went into making each Jedi video games occur at Respawn, from preventing Lucasfilm’s reluctance to greenlight a recreation starring a Jedi, to EA’s hesitance to assist single-player video games with no multiplayer mode. He additionally defined how Jedi: Survivor was developed so rapidly in comparison with different AAA titles, even with builders working from residence in the course of the pandemic.
Asmussen hasn’t but revealed what’s subsequent for him after leaving Respawn. He beforehand labored at Santa Monica Studios on the God of Warfare sequence as lead atmosphere artist and artwork director, earlier than taking on as recreation director as of God of Warfare 3.
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