Insomniac Games is set to announce tomorrow that it is expanding operations and will open a new studio in Raleigh, North Carolina.
Reported on earlier tonight by GameDaily, the company hopes to have the studio open by January 2009. Chad Dezern, who is currently serving as art director, will head up the new facility with gameplay lead Shaun McCabe taking the reins of production director.
“This is a fantastic opportunity for us to start a new group with the same philosophy that we’ve built up over the last 14 years at Insomniac, which is to have a team focused on top craftsmanship and attention to detail. What’s great about this team is that it’s an opportunity for Insomniac to expand without increasing our number in Burbank. It’s great to have a team that has that start-up mentality with a small group of people who are very focused on creating AAA games, but on the other side of the country. It gives us a great opportunity to bring on folks who may not have the ability to make it to the West Coast or who prefer the East Coast to the West Coast.” - Insomniac Games CEO Ted Price
Insomniac is the second development studio in less than a month’s time to announce they are opening doors in the Raleigh-Durham area, as Vicious Cyle Software moved their entire operation to a new 20,000 square feet office in Morrisville, NC.
Insomniac to Open Studio in North Carolina- [GameDaily]
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