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[IbizaPocholo]

Saints Row 5 Art Director Now Working on State of Decay 3

Saints Row 5 Technical Art Director Mitri Van will be joining Undead Labs as part of the team working on the upcoming State of Decay 3.

gamerant.com

Microsoft insider Klobrille recently announced via Twitter that Van would officially be joining Undead Labs as a Principal Technical Artist. Van had previously been with Deep Silver Volition for over twenty years, working on the Saints Row franchise since Saints Row 2, as well as Volition's The Punisher based on the comic book and 2004 film of the same name. Van also worked as Technical Art Director for Deep Silver Volition on nearly every project he was involved with for the twenty-plus years he spent with the company.

 

[KyoZz]

Before the inevitable "why is it so important when X moves to Y" here's my thought:

A video game is like a movie in the sense that it can be driven by a few people who have a precise and devoted vision in their head.
That's why we have studios that are just a shadow of themselves, like Bioware.

 

[Jennings]

Purple zombies incoming.

 

[ClosBSAS]

Feminist zombies incoming.

 

[Hayabusabruh]

I can't be the only one that nearly vomited in their mouth when reading this title.

 

[Konnor]

The positive here is that he's not going to ruin a good franchise

 

[kiphalfton]

At what point does the "Skrillex hairstyle" become too played out. Please tell me it's sometime soon.

 

[Bragr]

At what point does the "Skrillex hairstyle" become too played out. Please tell me it's sometime soon.

It was played out the moment it became a thing. Just like non-american rap, tik-tok, pineapple on pizza and falloutboy.

 

[reksveks]

More interested to see the MS studio growth in terms of employee count

 

[Bernkastel]

I think people missed the part where he was also the Technical Art Director in Saints Row 2 and Saints Row: The Third.

 

[Keihart]

At what point does the "Skrillex hairstyle" become too played out. Please tell me it's sometime soon.

We have to get past the Cyberpunk distopian future, no idea if we are even gonna get there.

 

[Gameplaylover]

The positive here is that he's not going to ruin a good franchise

Are the graphics bad? Yes
Does the performance suck? Yes
Does it have bugs/glitches? Yes
Does it have 10 hours of story/cutscenes? No

But still i spent ~100 hours with SOD2 + addons and enjoyed every minute of it, because the gameplay is addicting and fun. That's more time than i spent with my last 5 85+ cinematics together.