Uncharted, The Last of Us Director Opens New Studio, Wildflower Interactive
Former Uncharted 4 and Last of Us director Bruce Strolly has opened a new studio called Wildflower Interactive. The studio is made up of developers involved in games such as Call of Duty, Abzu, Kena: Bridge of Spirits, and Astroneer.
“In 2017 I left the industry without knowing if I wanted to make a game anymore,” says Stratley. But the longer I was away, the more I kept thinking about this medium. And there’s still everything that hasn’t been done, and everything I want to do. And this idea continued to follow me. So I grabbed some friends and we started prototyping. “
OMG-Finally happened !! We are doing something !!!
Follow with your head up @playwildflower Check us out. thank you! pic.twitter.com/GvMM39TEdG
— Bruce Straley (@bruce_straley) July 20, 2022
According to Wildflower Interactive WebsiteThe studio aims to create unique style games that are “small” and creatively charged. The studio didn’t reveal any other information about the project, but is now adopting remote work. Wildfire Interactive seems to be still in the early stages of development. Role adoption COO, audio designer, character designer, environmental artist, etc.
The current employees of Wildfire Interactive are:
- Almudena Soria Sancho-Animation
- Wouter Gort, Eyton Zana – Art
- Doug Holder, Arno Hazard, Nicholas Lance, Liz Fiaco-Design
- Cosmo Fumo, Ole Ciliox – Programming
- Vivian Alcala-Production
- Bruce Straley-Director | Studio
When Straley left Naughty Dog in 2017, he didn’t announce the next steps, but wanted to “continue the journey into the creative process.”
George Jan is a freelance writer for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter @ yinyangfooey
