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Glen Schofield has announced his retirement after a 35-year career in the industry.<\/p>\n
“The past couple of decades have been some of the greatest times in video games,” Schofield said in a video posted to LinkedIn.<\/p>\n
“Some of the best games have come out over these times, [from] some of the greatest talent in the world I’ve been able to work with. I thank you all. I had a front row seat to one of the greatest creative explosions in history.”<\/p>\n
He continued: “To EA, thank you for letting me make Dead Space, Activision, you gave me the keys to three Call of Duty games, and I really appreciate your trust.”<\/p>\n
“This is an amazing industry, with so many talented people, and I know times are tough right now, but the future is really, really bright. I wish you all, the next generation of game makers, the best of luck.”<\/p>\n
In an interview with GamesBeat earlier this year, Schofield stated that he decided to retire after completing The Callisto Protocol.<\/p>\n
“It was the hardest development in my life,” he said. “I didn’t think anything could be harder than Lord of the Rings, but that one was.<\/p>\n
During that time \u2013 I’ve always been painting and drawing and doing all that stuff. I picked up sculpting. I’m painting. I’m drawing. As I’m thinking during this, I’m like, ‘I don’t know if I can do the day to day anymore’.”<\/p>\n
“I’ve had a great time, I’ve had a fantastic career. It seems like an inflexion point in the industry. A time for the next generation to emerge and do their own thing.”<\/p>\n
In addition to his work on Dead Space, three Call of Duty titles, and The Callisto Protocol, Schofield directed games in the Gex and Legacy of Kain franchises at Crystal Dynamics.<\/p>\n
He served as vice president and general manager of Visceral Games (formerly EA Redwood Shores), co-founded Sledgehammer Games, and was founder and CEO of Striking Distance Studios.<\/p>\n
Schofield left Striking Distance Studios in 2023 to “pursue new opportunities.”<\/p>\n
Earlier this year, we spoke with Schofield about potential solutions for challenges facing the AAA industry.<\/p>\n
“All I’m hearing is that we have to make development cheaper. We have to spend less money and we have to do it with fewer people. One word I don’t hear in any of that is ‘creativity’. You have to be creative 99% of the time.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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