Subj : Naughty Dog welcomes God of War Ragnarok's former art director Ra
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Date : Tue Dec 10 2024 14:00:05

Naughty Dog welcomes God of War Ragnarok's former art director Raf Grassetti

Date:
Tue, 10 Dec 2024 13:31:28 +0000

Description:
Ex-Sony Santa Monica developer Raf Grassetti has joined Naughty Dog.

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War Ragnarok's former art director Raf Grassetti has joined Naughty Dog 
Grassetti was at Sony Santa Monica for 10 years before leaving to work at 
Netflix Games' Team Blue, which shut down in October Grassetti will likely be 
working on Naughty Dog's next, as yet unannounced, game 

Ex-Sony Santa Monica developer Raf Grassetti has joined Naughty Dog to 
presumably work on the studio's new game. 

The announcement comes from Grassetti himself over on X / Twitter , where he 
simply wrote "New chapter" accompanied by an image of the Naughty Dog logo. 

Grassetti has previously worked as the principal art director on Sony Santa 
Monica's God of War and then the art director on God of War Ragnarok . 

The developer left the studio in 2023 after 10 years to lead the art 
department on a AAA game at Netflix Games studio codenamed Team Blue, 
alongside industry members like Halo Infinite 's creative director Joe Staten 
and Chacko Sonny, who previously worked as an executive producer on Overwatch 
.. 

In October, Team Blue was shut down following a wave of layoffs, ultimately 
killing the mystery AAA project. 

It's unclear at this time what game Grassetti will be working on for Naughty 
Dog, or in what role he will be serving. 

Naughty Dog co-president and The Last of Us director Neil Druckmann confirmed 
earlier this year that there are "multiple single-player" projects in 
development at the studio. 

Development remains quiet, however, new insider information about the secret 
project was reported by MinnMax founder Ben Hanson in October who claimed 
that a source "very in the know, who worked on the game" told him that the 
game will feature "a lot of player freedom". 

The studio was also expected to release a new The Last of Us Online game, a 
multiplayer spin-off that was in development for four years , but it was 
canceled in December 2023 following concerns that it would impact the studios 
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Link to news story:
https://www.techradar.com/gaming/gaming-industry/naughty-dog-welcomes-god-of-w
ar-ragnaroks-former-art-director-raf-grassetti


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