First Amy, Now Justin Richmond Leaves Naughty Dog

[Loose]

Justin Richmond, who was working on Uncharted PS4 as game director, has left developer Naughty Dog.

"I have in fact made the decision to leave Naughty Dog," Richmond told IGN. "I love the company and the people and know that they will continue to create awesome games going forward. On a happier note, after careful consideration and exploration I have joined Riot Games. There is some really innovative stuff going on here that I can't wait to be a part of."

Previously, Richmond oversaw Uncharted 2: Among Thieves' multiplayer and worked as game director on Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception. He had been with Naughty Dog since 2008.

http://www.ign.com/articles/2014/03/27/uncharted-4-game-director-justin-richmond-leaves-naughty-dog


wow

 

[Scottie Drippin]

Game is definitely going in a direction people who have been working on it don't like

We'll see, I guess


But then again, Riot Games is building a new LA office, they might have just made him an offer he couldn't refuse.

 

[AkaDemiK]

uh oh...not naughty dog...again. fukk is going over at sony?

*xbox play titanfall*

you nikkas will be aight..

 

[Chill]

Riot Games on the come up

 

[PS5 Pro]

http://www.ign.com/articles/2014/03/27/uncharted-4-game-director-justin-richmond-leaves-naughty-dog


wow

Can't you see, this is a win for sony and sony fans alike
Now Uncharted can become Last of Us. And it'll be better than anything anyone could have imagined
The psychological prowess of whatever this game will end up being is just

 

[Fatboi1]

Breh this nikka @Loose come out the woodworks to post these threads.

Anyway by the time UC4 come out, the only people who will be left will be the voice actors for Joel and Ellie.

 

[The G.O.D II]

What exactly in the hell is going on over there at naughty dog? Druckmann and Straley came back from TLOU on some NWO shyt

 

[PS5 Pro]

Breh this nikka @Loose come out the woodworks to post these threads.

Anyway by the time UC4 come out, the only people who will be left will be the voice actors for Joel and Ellie.

To post "these" threads

 

[Mr. Somebody]

 

[spliz]

Smh..fukk is goin on at naughty dog?..

 

[Chesirecatdaddy]

I dont give a flying fukk... I care about how the games turn out. Like it aint a million other motherfukkers with ideas and a million other directions that can't be good. That shyt ain't my business... only the finished product is my business.. If he left to go to another studio.. go and get your money mane.

 

[Fatboi1]

Smh..fukk is goin on at naughty dog?..

 

[BasedPrime]

Breh this nikka @Loose come out the woodworks to post these threads.

 

[Fatboi1]

Best post I've seen that makes sense. Of course this doesn't have enough drama and "SONY IS DOOMED OMG!!" in it so we can cue the xbots coming in saying otherwise.

Connecting dots where they don't need to be connected.



Stig and his team spent almost 100 million dollars on a game that failed every QA test that took. The game sucked. They shytcanned the game and a lot of the people involved. They offered stig a spot on barlog's project - he didn't want to go from game director to something lesser so he quit.

This makes sense, right? shytty game, money wasted, people fired, head guy leaves out of ego? I mean that all makes sense.


Amy Hennig has creative differences about the direction that UC4 should go in. Egos swell, she leaves. She's happy, she will make another studio much better when she gets there. Justin Richmond, an ally of Hennig's, gets an offer he can't refuse from Riot. He leaves.

These things happen. Naughty Dog is going to be fine. UC4 will still be awesome. Riot will be better with the pickup of Richmond and whoever gets Hennig will be better off. The sky isn't falling.


Guerilla Cambridge is working on a vita game that is shyt and won't sell. They slim down as they retool for another project.

Again - this isn't new. This happens a lot.


The director of Driveclub doesn't deliver the game on time. Given more time the game still needs work. He is replaced.



Wouldn't you replace him? Wouldn't you shytcan stig's project that cost them almost 100 mil and had nothing of value to show for it? In fact they should have done it two years ago. The fact they let it go this far is a testament to how much they believed in him after GoW 3.


And all of this is happening before the fiscal year ends. Is sony trimming fat? Of course. Sony corporation is not in a great spot. So they are tightening up a bit. But a lot of people are connecting dots that don't need to be connected. Hennig/Richmond is about creative differences and ego. Stig is about wasted money and time. Col Rogers (driveclub) is about failing to deliver. Taken on their own they all make sense. Combine them together and you get glenn beck with a chalkboard.


And Jack Tretton was about money and inability to move up. He will make more money and have more power somewhere else - something Sony simply could not offer him. shyt happens.


It's the same with the xbox department guys. People move around. People leave for other companies. shyt happens.

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?p=106025006#post106025006

 

[GoldenGlove]

It just hit me but...

@ the biggest Xbot Stan in the history of life (@PS4) favorite game of last generation being Uncharted 2.



nikka put in mad hours into that game. Was up on SOHH coordinating custom matches and all that shyt, breh LOVES him some Uncharted



He didn't go harder on any Xbox exclusive last gen like he did with that game... Damn, that's amazing