The video game division of JJ Abrams’ Bad Robot has formed an in-house game development studio, tapping industry veteran Michael Booth to serve as its general manager.
Booth, most recently social VR director for Facebook, is best known as the creator and lead designer of survival horror game Left 4 Dead. He will report to Anna Sweet, CEO Bad Robot Games.
Bad Robot Games will now have two teams: an in-house studio and a creative co-development team working with external partners. Bad Robot Games Studios will uniquely develop original IP for all platforms in collaboration with colleagues from Bad Robot’s Film and TV departments. The studio will create gaming destinations whose worlds and stories designed for multiple mediums.
The official announcement described the goal as “making them as much fun to watch as they are to play.” The first game under the new division will be “a Aaa title for...
Booth, most recently social VR director for Facebook, is best known as the creator and lead designer of survival horror game Left 4 Dead. He will report to Anna Sweet, CEO Bad Robot Games.
Bad Robot Games will now have two teams: an in-house studio and a creative co-development team working with external partners. Bad Robot Games Studios will uniquely develop original IP for all platforms in collaboration with colleagues from Bad Robot’s Film and TV departments. The studio will create gaming destinations whose worlds and stories designed for multiple mediums.
The official announcement described the goal as “making them as much fun to watch as they are to play.” The first game under the new division will be “a Aaa title for...
- 12/10/2020
- by Dade Hayes
- Deadline Film + TV
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