Netflix Shuts Down AAA Team Blue Gaming Studio - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 01 November 2024 / 2,835 Views
Netflix has shut down its AAA video game studio just two years after it was established, according to Game File.
The studio was known as Team Blue and in late 2022 hired the Overwatch executive producer Chacko Sonny to build the studio.
Joseph Staten, a creative lead on the Halo franchise, was hired in Spring 2023. Staten left 343 Industries and Microsoft in April 2023 to be a Creative Director on a new AAA multiplatform game that is based on an original IP at the Netflix Games studio.
Raf Grasetti, who worked on the God of War franchise at Sony Santa Monica as Art Director, was hired by the Netflix studio in May 2023.
The three big hires are no longer at the company, according to a company representative speaking to Game File.
A life-long and avid gamer, William D'Angelo was first introduced to VGChartz in 2007. After years of supporting the site, he was brought on in 2010 as a junior analyst, working his way up to lead analyst in 2012 and taking over the hardware estimates in 2017. He has expanded his involvement in the gaming community by producing content on his own YouTube channel and Twitch channel. You can contact the author on Twitter @TrunksWD.
More Articles
Go back to Sony Raf...
not surprising. The idea of games on Netflix just felt weird. I think that's a hard sell to convince people to play games on Netflix instead of watching shows and movies.
Joseph Staten coming back to Halo?
I hope so... especially since the more recent reports/rumors were that he was pushed out
It's Netflix, who would've guessed?
Netflix not taking the time for what is needed to get results or the creative team not producing results for 2 years so Netflix decided to give up. Netflix and Amazon are rip in the lines to produce a competing GP service but need their own game offerings to make it worthwhile, like other gaming subs.
They should have just bought SquEnix IPs that embracer did, and went from there because at least they would have the names of the IPs to fall back on.
Who could have predicted that 🤣. Like everyone.
Wasting 2 years of your life for a zero result.
Getting paid is great... but no one in a creative field wants to work for any amount of time and not have it amount to anything.
With current AAA cycles, Devs only get a good 5-10 games to ship through their whole careers... and that's assuming the cycles don't get even longer.
Essay Pro