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The story of Amy Hennig being forced out of Naughty Dog was nothing but “forced gossip”

By Darryn Bonthuys
June 24, 2020
in :  Gaming
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Back in 2014, IGN reported that Naughty Dog had forced creative powerhouse Amy Hennig out of the studio, with Naughty Dog’s big cheeses Neil Druckmann and Bruce Straley being responsible for her departure. That was all an unsubstantiated rumour, according to new revelations.

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EA and Visceral’s cancelled Star Wars game was “a lot farther along than people ever got a glimpse of”

By Darryn Bonthuys
February 20, 2019
in :  Gaming
8

Visceral’s Star Wars game is deader than Emperor Palpatine’s love life after he became Darth Scrotum in Revenge of the Sith. Digging an even deeper hole for themselves in the eyes of fans, EA pulled the plug on the game and called it a day. It’s a pity, because this was the game that at least sounded like it would be a delightful antithesis to the lacklustre pair of multiplayer shooters that EA had released over the last couple of years.

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EA’s open world Star Wars game has been cancelled

By Darryn Bonthuys
January 16, 2019
in :  Gaming
3

Guess who’s about to say hi to Star Wars 1313 in video game purgatory? According to sources familiar with the development on an ambitious Star Wars sandbox, EA’s stab at the franchise and a galaxy far, far away is pretty much dead.

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Former Uncharted Director Amy Hennig has left EA, is opening up an independent studio

By Alessandro Barbosa
June 29, 2018
in :  Gaming
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Amy Hennig has officially confirmed that she's no longer working at EA, and is instead opening up an independent studio in the wake of her Star Wars project's cancellation.

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EA shuts down Visceral Games, Star Wars title being revamped

By Alessandro Barbosa
October 17, 2017
in :  Gaming
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The creators of Dead Space are no more, as EA closes the doors on their latest Star Wars studio, Visceral Games.

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Portal creator Kim Swift joins Jade Raymond at EA Motive

By Alessandro Barbosa
January 20, 2017
in :  Gaming
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After Portal and Quantum Conumdrum, designer Kim Swift is heading to EA Motive to work with Jade Raymond and Amy Hennig.

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Visceral’s Star Wars game won’ be an Uncharted clone

By Darryn Bonthuys
November 15, 2016
in :  Gaming
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The only connection that Visceral's Star Wars game will have to Uncharted will be a spiritual one. And maybe a few Midichlorians.

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Amy Hennig – AAA development an unwinnable arms race

By Zoe Hawkins
October 7, 2016
in :  Gaming
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Amy Hennig has 20 years of AAA game development experience, most of which sounds like crunch time. That's not okay.

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