Avowed recreation director Carrie Patel has announced that she’s left developer Obsidian to grow to be a recreation director at Oxenfree developer Night time Dive, which is owned by Netflix.
Avowed launched in February for Xbox and PC, and it was a crucial success. Microsoft, which owns Obsidian, by no means introduced any stats in regards to the recreation’s industrial success, although.
After launch, Patel stated she want to see Obsidian spend extra time within the Avowed world, with many taking that to imply a sequel. “Now that we have constructed this excellent world, and likewise constructed this staff energy and muscle reminiscence across the content material and gameplay on this world, I might like to see us do extra with it,” she stated.
Avowed was initially pitched as a multiplayer-centric recreation that married Future with Skyrim. That was earlier than Patel got here on board as the sport’s director and helped lead the challenge by way of a major development pivot.
Patel had labored at Obsidian for greater than 11 years, contributing to video games like Pillars of Eternity 1+2 and The Outer Worlds earlier than changing into recreation director of Avowed. Obsidian is now engaged on The Outer Worlds 2, which is about for launch later this 12 months.
Patel leaving Obsidian would not essentially say something about prospects for extra Avowed, or anything for that matter. Folks go away their jobs for any variety of causes.
Whereas there is no such thing as a phrase but on a possible Avowed sequel, Obsidian is supporting the sport with main updates in the summertime and fall that can add issues like new NPC skills and behaviors, in addition to new recreation plus and photograph modes.
Patel joins Netflix at a time of change and upheaval on the firm with reference to gaming. The corporate already shuttered its AAA recreation studio and Netflix’s gaming output is focusing extra on cellular and social video games of late. Nonetheless, Netflix’s high gaming boss says followers ought to perceive that it takes “time, stubbornness, and funding to get nice outcomes.”
It isn’t instantly clear what challenge Patel is the sport director of at Netflix. Maintain checking again with GameSpot for the most recent.