It’s not the first time that Bungie’s creative director, Marcus Lehto, has founded a studio. In 2014 he already co-founded V1 Interactive where the Disintegration shooter was launched and, after the little support that its multiplayer section had, the servers were shut down after three months and finally the studio closed its doors forever last March. However, it is never too late to give up and start a new project.
On this occasion, Marcus Lehto has decided to join Electronic arts to start a new study. This news was announced by himself through his official count of Twitter, where he indicated that he will work as director of new titles which will focus primarily on first-person games.
Hey everyone, I’m very excited to announce that I’ve joined @EA as a Game Director, building a new studio in the Seattle area working on first-person games. I can’t wait to share more about what we’re creating! pic.twitter.com/GnfVFNLSaW
– Marcus Lehto (@game_fabricator) October 19, 2021
Electronic Arts clarifies in a statement
“We are opening another new studio near Seattle which is part of the EA Studios organization, reporting to Vince Zampella’s organization, “said an EA spokesperson in a statement, as explained by the PCGamer medium.” Marcus Lehto will be the studio’s game director, focused on the development of sets first person shooting. We will share more additional details about his future soon. “
At the moment, Lehto has not explained what exactly it is working on, but if this new study from EA is expected to have a shelf life longer than Disintegration. Likewise, EA also clarified that the Lehto study is separated from the new team headed by former Monolith vice president Kevin Stephens.
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