For the past few years, Amy Hennig has become one of the most celebrated game directors out there, driving the Uncharted trilogy to new heights. Now, she’s found a new home, just weeks after departing the series’ developer, Naughty Dog.
Hennig has signed on with EA’s internal developer Visceral Games, and will work on the company’s new unnamed Star Wars project. She will serve as a creative director on the team.
Steve Papoutsis, vice president and general manager of Visceral, expressed his joy in signing on Hennig with the team. “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,” said Papoutsis.
We congratulate Hennig on the hire and are eager to see what she does with the Star Wars project.
Source: EA
