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[SaucyJack]

That's not good news. He was their main writer and director. Guess we'll see how their sequel is.

Don't worry they have three creative leads now, so that's obviously much better!

 

[skyfinch]

Well he's obviously living his best pirate life on the high seas

New Pirate game confirmed. Hope the pirate has squawking parrot talking into the main character's ear for the entire game.

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

 

[IAmRei]

I remember he change dante face into his likeness only ... Left many sours to me to not playing his game at all since that time

 

[DJ12]

Can't say I'm not jealous. My man is enjoying retirement to the fullest.

That's one way to free yourself of enforced wokeness

 

[Team Andromeda]

Wish him all the best and glad he's enjoying life. He will be a lose to the team

 

[Pelta88]

His next move will be the formation of a new studio. The salaciousness will be in his choice of publisher partnership.

 

[mayham2199]

This dude looks EXACTLY how I imagined every single idiot involved in that garbage DMC reboot.

Man I really liked that game. Never understood what there was to hate about it.

 

[MayauMiao]

"happens all the time"

Followed by impending doom of the title upon release.

 

[solidus12]

First Mikami, now Tameem…

 

[tusharngf]

 

[Aion002]

Man I really liked that game. Never understood what there was to hate about it.

 

[Neff]

The name... is Dante.

 

[BennyBlanco]

Guy seems like a massive douche tbh

Always has. His Dante in DmC was the cringiest self insert in a videogame ever. I never got the hype with Ninja Theory.

 

[Lambogenie]

Can't say I'm not jealous. My man is enjoying retirement to the fullest.

He could've at least tagged 4 of them that I must research, selfish git

 

[danklord]

Enslaved is their best title

 

[DragonNCM]

Time to spend hard earned MS cash

 

[NeoIkaruGAF]

All the women in those pics and they made two games about a schizo?
He must have learned a thing or two about women.

 

[balls of snow]

Good on him. We can see who he really was. He might return with another studio. Guy was a real character.

I dunno with the silent way he went out wont be surprise if he is done with the industry.

 

[mayham2199]

Ok I had to turn that off. That's a guy just complaining for the sake of complaining. I mean he's seriously complaining about the joke they did in showing the new Dante dressed as the old one? It was clearly a joke and he called it "really bad game design" even after acknowleding it was probably a joke. Still not a good enough for him so it's really bad game design because even if it's a joke it's insulting your core audience. I can't listen to a person who's going to be that sensitive over the smallest things.

 

[{insert code here}]

I enjoyed playing Heavenly Sword, Enslaved OttW, and DmC. I thought DmC would have been much better received if it didn't have to carry the burden of being a Devil May Cry game and the way Capcom treated it and that franchise at the time. Not really happy with how they pivoted from those 3 games (gameplay was a fairly strong focus) to HellBlade (story is the main focus). I own HellBlade but have yet to play it. Honestly bro should just retire and go live life. He achieved the dream of starting a software business and cashing out on a Microsoft check. Tameem, you won bro .

 

[Little Chicken]

Enslaved is their best title

Enslaved was awesome.

 

[Muddy]

Sold the studio to Microsoft then left after finishing Hellblade 2.

Was probably part of the deal when Microsoft acquired Ninja Theory.

 

[James Sawyer Ford]

It's nice to see some 70 plus something, cocain addicted gay fashion designer enjoy life for once.

He does seem like an eccentric weirdo, none of his games were great but somehow lucked out on a huge payday when the studio was acquired

 

[Katatonic]

The same day as the previews dropping wtf.

 

[EDMIX]

This dude looks EXACTLY how I imagined every single idiot involved in that garbage DMC reboot.

Damn, i dead forgot about that game even existing lol

I'm happy for him leaving though.

 

[wipeout364]

As an Xbox fan I have to say Ninja theory is one of the acquisitions that Microsoft made where I just shook my head. Not a fan of their games.

 

[simpatico]

Ninja Theory be like:

Red headed fighter chick
Red headed fighter chick
DmC
Red Headed fighter chick
Red headed fighter chick

"oh no, our creative director left. how will we ever figure out who to make games about"

 

[cash_longfellow]

Can't say I'm not jealous. My man is enjoying retirement to the fullest.

Until his money gone 8/10/2024.

 

[semiconscious]

the memories... godspeed, beautiful one...

 

[gow3isben]

Holy moly I used to think he was a beta but based on those pics he’s a total chad!

 

[Moriarty1889]

The schizo walking sim from next month is gonna come and go like it never happened. Overhyped trash, how MS could let this develop for 6years it is unreal. Such a shame, this is the company that made DmC Devil May Cry which

The schizo walking sim from next month is gonna come and go like it never happened. Overhyped trash, how MS could let this develop for 6years it is unreal. Such a shame, this is the company that made DmC Devil May Cry which was cool.

Every studio MS has bought seem to go to shit after their acquisition. Exactly, six years for this? They don’t know how to manage or produce anything of quality. Or they just don‘t give a shit.

 

[TheThreadsThatBindUs]

My man deserves all the sweet ass and pussy he can get as a reward for his work in building up the studio to sell it to MS for a hundred million dollars.

Who cares if the games that come out of them are vapid junk. MS was so desperate for an answer to GOW that they would have thrown millions at a hobo if he was willing to cosplay Kratos convincingly enough to please that idiot Phil Spencer.

 

[damidu]

i gues phil had a playthrough

 

[SkylineRKR]

DmC was woeful. The game became tolerable when they retooled it into something that more resembled classic DMC, which speaks volumes of how useless this game was. It pissed off the fanbase and newcomers didn't bite. Why Capcom signed this studio is beyond me. The gameplay of HS and Enslaved was awful and they ran like shit.

 

[Hunnybun]

I've never seen a picture of this guy when he doesn't look a complete and utter tool.

Still, retiring with his payoff with a load of sluts is probably what I'd do in his shoes, so fair play I guess.

 

[Barakov]

He's living it up. I can't even hate him for it.

 

[Klayzer]

I've never seen a picture of this guy when he doesn't look a complete and utter tool.

Still, retiring with his payoff with a load of sluts is probably what I'd do in his shoes, so fair play I guess.

A big payday and a load of sluts, sign me up.

 

[Bkdk]

Smart move, the clips of the gap of char designs of stellar blade vs hellblade will put ninja theory straight to hell, if you work for them, this is the final chance for you to look for new job before the hellblade 2 embarrassment is released. Doubt any employers would want to hire any of them after that travesty is released, at least now you could still lie your way through interviews.

 

[kiphalfton]

Good. He was an insufferable twat.

 

[SALMORE]

Good

that studio was a waste of publishers time and our money

 

[kiphalfton]

All the women in those pics and they made two games about a schizo?
He must have learned a thing or two about women.

Well, looks like he didn't learn the age old advice "don't stick your dick in crazy"...

 

[FinalBossWithTheMostPower]

Ninja Theory:

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

Ninja Theory:

the project is done. this was the best moment to go. i don't think it speaks of issues inside NT....yet

 

[Mister Wolf]

Man I really liked that game. Never understood what there was to hate about it.

 

[FeralEcho]

Can't say I'm not jealous. My man is enjoying retirement to the fullest.

There "were" men on this boat,he just threw every single one off it.

Anyway this doesn't bode well for H2. People leave all the time yes but people this important don't leave every two weeks especially before the release of the game they worked on for 6 years.

 

[FeralEcho]

Wasn't this the guy everyone hated and clowned on when DmC was being marketed and released?
Now the studio is apparently doomed without him, make up your mind internet.

I mean everyone hates Neil Druckmann too but it'd still be a blow for ND if he leaves regardless of what people's feelings towards him are.

 

[Fess]

Thought this was known, he hasn’t been on any studio video content for a long time.

 

[Fess]

the project is done. this was the best moment to go. i don't think it speaks of issues inside NT....yet

This is not new. Go check previous studio videos and see when he was last seen. Must’ve left years ago. All I’ve seen for like 4-5 videos is Melina and costume designers and fight choregraphers.

 

[bender]

Enslaved was awesome.