Halo co-creator joins EA for new studio working on first-person game
Electronic Arts expands its first-person offerings.
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Marcus Lehto, co-creator of Halo: Combat Evolved at Bungie, announced on Tuesday that he’s now game director at a new Electronic Arts studio in Seattle, Washington, U.S. This studio will be working on a first-person game of some kind. Lehto formerly founded an independent studio called V1 Interactive. This teams’s first game, Disinitegration, released to middling reviews and poor commercial results, which saw thestudio close less than a year later.
“Hey everyone, I’m very excited to announce that I’ve joined @EA as a Game Director, building a new studio in the Seattle area working on first-person games,” Lehto writes onTwitter. “I can’t wait to share more about what we’re creating!”
Publisher Electronic Arts already maintains strong first-person shooter offerings, with Respawn Entertainment responsible for the Titanfall franchise and Apex Legends. Meanwhile, DICE and several support teams are working onBattlefield 2042.
This also comes as Electronic Arts is continuing to invest in its existing franchises and grow, hiring for anew studio called Full Circlethat is working on the next Skate game. Meanwhile, Motive Studios is working onDead Space remake, reviving the survival horror franchise after the last entry, Dead Space 3 in 2013.
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Samuel Tolbert is a freelance writer covering gaming news, previews, reviews, interviews and different aspects of the gaming industry, specifically focusing on Xbox and PC gaming on Windows Central. You can find him on Twitter@SamuelTolbert.
