Former Halo Creative Director Joseph Staten Joins Netflix Games

Joseph Staten, known for his work on the Halo series, has been hired as a Creative Director on an unannounced Netflix Games project. Joseph Staten, known for his work on the Halo series, has been hired as a Creative Director to oversee an unannounced Netflix Games project. announcement tweetStaten confirmed that this is a new IP, and called the project an “AAA Multiplatform Experience”. Below you can find the complete tweets.

Staten is best known for his work as a writer and cinematic director at Bungie and Microsoft, mainly working on the Halo series. While he spent a few years working at the publishing side of Microsoft, in 2020, he returned to the Halo series to work on Halo Infinite, where he worked as the game’s creative director. This continued until earlier this year when he returned to the publishing side of the company amidst widespread layoffs. He’s now left Netflix to focus on his new Netflix project.

Netflix has been expanding into gaming for years. It recently released a sequel to Valiant Hearts as part of a collaboration with Ubisoft. Last year, it acquired the developers behind Cozy Grove, bringing its total number of internal development teams to five if you include the in-house studio that Staten just joined. On top of that, the film and tv side of Netflix has been working on loads of game adaptations, including Gears of War, Pokémon Concierge, and a new patch of episodes of Sonic Prime.

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