Uncharted creator Amy Hennig has officially ended her employment with Electronic Arts, as reported by Eurogamer. In fact, she has not been an employee at EA since January.
Today, at the Gamelab conference in Barcelona, Hennig revealed to Eurogamer’s Rob Purchese that she had actually parted ways with EA as of January this year and was in the process of starting up her new, independent studio – but had not yet had the chance to announce the change or set the record straight.
EA closed the doors on its Visceral Games studio back in October resulting in the status of the unfinished Star Wars title being placed in limbo. Shortly after the announcement, EA spoke briefly about their decision to pull the plug on Visceral in an earnings call, leaving fans to wonder if the Star Wars game would ever hit store shelves. A few months ago we learned EA is looking at possibly developing a new online open-world Star Wars game which many believe will be the new iteration of this cancelled Visceral title, but any additional details beyond that story are not known at this time.
So how does this news bode for the future of the Star Wars title she was originally spearheading?
“I’m working independently and staying independent. I just started my own small little independent studio and am consulting with some people. I’m hoping to bring some people on board, I would love to have a little company of about six to eight people, 15 at the most, and do some more projects, do some VR stuff – I’m consulting with some VR companies and doing a ton of research because I haven’t played a lot to immerse myself in it.
“So yeah, I’m not doing anything Star Wars. And, who knows what the future may hold, but that project is on the shelf now.
