Redfall co-director Harvey Smith has reflected on his 16 years at Arkane, « a small company created in 1999 by ‘six Fren…
Redfall co-director Harvey Smith has reflected on his 16 years at Arkane, « a small company created in 1999 by ‘six French guys in a room' ».
His lengthy thread on X, formerly Twitter, follows yesterday’s news Microsoft is closing a number of Bethesda studios, including Arkane Austin following development of the vampire co-op shooter Redfall.
Smith was at Arkane for 16 years after becoming co-creative director alongside company president Raphaël Colantonio in 2008. He worked on the likes of Dishonored and Prey. Colantonio left the company in 2017 and founded WolfEye Studios.
« What a place. It was 16 years for me. Some games I will always treasure. Very proud of the team and culture. No place is perfect, but we cared a lot and put in effort, » said Smith.
« My thoughts right now are helping my beloved team get into new roles, the aftermath. We shipped games together, played together, survived the Pandemic and multiple psychic hurricanes together. So my effort is going into them. »
Smith reminisced on his time at Arkane, highlighting the strong friendships formed at the studio beyond being simply work colleagues.
