Marvel's Avengers: Creative Director back at Naughty Dog

Marvel's Avengers

It can go that fast: Shaun Escayg was one of the most important people at Crystal Dynamics for three years, now the writer and creative director behind the solo campaign for the ambitious Marvel flop has announced his return to the old employer Naughty Dog. Escayg was one of 15 seasoned game industry veterans who joined the Crystal Dynamics studio in January 2018 to jointly create a Marvel game that would captivate fans for years to come - which, as we now know, didn't really went well.

Whether there was simply no more work for him on Marvel's Avengers or whether it was the incentive for a new exciting project under the umbrella of Naughty Dog, what made Escayg change again is the current one Time not known. Only that he's happy to be back with Naughty Dog. Who wants to blame him for that, Naughty Dog is and remains one of the largest and most renowned game developers in the world - and not just since The Last of Us Part 2 (our test of the Sony masterpiece).

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Escayg, who previously worked for Naughty Dog for seven years, is primarily responsible for his position as creative director and writer of the standalone -Adventure Uncharted: The Lost Legacy known, but he was also involved in The Last of Us and in various film projects such as "Scott Pilgrim against the rest of the world" and "Transfomers 3: The dark side of the moon". Escayg will now "help the acclaimed studio with new exciting projects".

In the last few weeks there have been some rumors about possible PS5 games that Naughty Dog may be developing. Among other things, you stumble across an alleged remake of The Last of Us, published in 2013. The shooting of the ambitious HBO series should start as early as July, so the time for an elaborate remake would actually make sense. A little more likely would be the alleged new Uncharted game, which was unleashed as a rumor into the world in the same breath. With his work on The Lost Legacy, it would be only logical to include the American game developer for the project. As soon as more detailed information is available, you will find out from us.

Source: Gamasutra

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