Ghost of Tsushima Studio Sucker Punch's Co-Founder Brian Fleming Steps Down

Sucker Punch co-founder Brian Fleming is stepping down n the caller twelvemonth aft 3 decades astatine the workplace down Ghost of Tsushima, Sly Cooper, and Infamous.

According to a station from Sony, connected January 1, Jason Connell and Adrian Bentley volition measurement into Fleming's erstwhile relation arsenic co-studio heads, with Nate Fox continuing his relation arsenic co-creative manager alongside Connell and Adrian besides serving arsenic method director.

Our deepest acknowledgment and gratitude to Sucker Punch Productions Co-Founder Brian Fleming, who is handing implicit the enactment reins arsenic the workplace begins a caller chapter. Starting Jan 1, longtime originative and method leaders Jason Connell and Adrian Bentley volition measurement into caller roles… pic.twitter.com/RvPzJfWHGl

Fleming archetypal founded the workplace successful 1997 alongside Bruce Oberg, Darrell Plank, Tom and Cathy Saxton, and Chris Zimmerman pursuing a stint astatine Microsoft. The radical went connected to commencement the Sly Cooper franchise, which Sony published. The 2 companies continued their publishing narration into the Infamous bid successful 2009, and aft the sequel Infamous 2 successful 2011, Sony acquired Sucker Punch. Under Sony, the workplace created Ghost of Tsushima successful 2020, and astir precocious followed up with a sequel, Ghost of Yōtei, this past October. With Fleming's departure, lone Oberg and Zimmerman of the co-founders stay with the studio.

Connell and Bentley are long-time Sucker Punch veterans. Connell joined the workplace successful 2010 arsenic a lighting creator and worked his mode up to lighting manager and yet originative and creation director, and precocious co-creative manager connected the Ghost franchise. Bentley came to Sucker Punch arsenic a programmer successful 2004 caller retired of DigiPen Institute of Technology, and has worked determination his full career, moving up to go an motor programmer and aboriginal method director.

Fleming hands disconnected Sucker Punch successful what seems from the extracurricular to beryllium a beauteous affirmative state. The studio's had aggregate palmy games some critically and commercially, with Ghost of Yōtei precocious reviewing good (including our ain 8/10 score) and selling 3.3 cardinal copies arsenic of November 2. An added New Game Plus mode conscionable released a fewer weeks ago. It's unclear what Sucker Punch volition enactment connected adjacent nether Connell and Bentley, oregon if the Ghost franchise volition proceed oregon thing caller is connected the skyline for the studio.

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