Former Blizzard Leaders J. Allen Brack and Jen Oneal Reemerge to Start New Studio

Activision Blizzard veterans Jen Oneal, J. Allen Brack, and John Donham have teamed up to create a new studio called Magic Soup Games. The studio’s goal is to build original AAA games with a focus on exhilaration and inclusiveness for players around the world.

Magic Soup Games is currently working on an unannounced game and is also hiring new positions at the studio.There are two positions currently open on it career page: Concept Artist and Server Side Engineer. The presence of the latter position could suggest that the studio’s debut game may include some sort of live service or may include online elements.

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After his resignation, Jen Oneal and Mike Ybarra lead Activision Blizzard as co-presidents. However, O’Neill also left the company at the end of 2021 after serving three months. She reportedly left Ybarra for not being paid the same, despite her playing the same role, and was offered a comparable contract only after she tendered her own resignation. .

We know the quality of a game reflects the culture of a team.

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O’Neil wrote that she, Black and Donham are “working closely together” on the new project.

“We know the quality of the game will be a reflection of the culture of the team, and we’ve done the work upfront to ensure that it fosters creativity, full remote collaboration, and diverse backgrounds,” Oneal said. said in a statement. .

Magic Soup joins many other studios founded by Blizzard veterans, from co-founder Mike Morhaime to the team behind StarCraft 2.

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