Name of Responsibility veteran David Vonderhaar, who left Activision in 2023 after almost 20 years with the corporate, has introduced his subsequent undertaking.
He’s heading up a brand new remote-first studio referred to as BulletFarm that’s growing what’s described as an “formidable new AAA recreation set in an authentic universe” that focuses on co-op. Chinese language gaming big NetEase Video games is backing the studio from a monetary perspective.
Vonderhaar was Treyarch’s studio design director and was on the management group on the firm. His Name of Responsibility legacy dates again to Name of Responsibility 2: Huge Pink One, and was identified extra lately for the Black Ops sequence and for main improvement on Activision’s predecessor to Warzone, Blackout.
At BulletFarm, Vonderhaar is answerable for a group constructing a “extra intimate and relatable expertise” utilizing Unreal Engine 5. Chris Cowell, one other former Name of Responsibility developer, adopted Vonderhaar to BulletFarm and is the studio’s artistic director.
“Beginning this new studio has given me an opportunity to step out of my consolation zone and check out my hand at making one thing fully new and totally different. It is a departure from the video games I’ve labored on, however one which showcases my ardour for wealthy characters, exact mechanics, extra intimate storytelling, and loads of motion,” Vonderhaar mentioned.
BulletFarm has quite a few open positions listed on its careers web page, most of which start at six-figure salaries. It is nonetheless early days for the sport, nonetheless, and there’s no phrase on platforms or a launch date.