Amy Hennig stepped down from her position as the Creative Director on Uncharted 4 at Naughty Dog a few weeks ago. Today, we learned where she’ll land. In a post on EA’s “The Beat” blog, the megapublisher has revealed she has been hired by Visceral Games to become Creative Director of their in-development Star Wars project. Steve Papoutsis, Visceral’s General Manager, is very pleased with the hiring of Hennig:
Amy has long been recognized as one of our industry’s top visionaries, and is coming off an amazing run as the Writer and Creative Director of the Uncharted franchise. But her contributions go beyond the games she helped create at Naughty Dog and at Crystal Dynamics, where we worked together many years ago. As both a colleague and friend, I’ve always admired her approach to creative development – focusing on nailing down the soul of a game first, and then making sure the writing, the gameplay, the design and the art comes together to form a unified, interactive experience for the player. This fits in perfectly with what we’re trying to do here at Visceral and Amy’s going to help us continue in our pursuit to make the most thrilling, immersive games in the world.
The details of Visceral’s Star Wars project are still very much under wraps. It’s expected to be an open-world game, but it may be a long time before we find out what Hennig will bring to the title.
