Former Black Panther Developer Works on New Game Project with Coast Wizard

A group of people who previously worked in the now-breaking cliff game in the cancelled Black Panther game has been taken over by the wizard of the coast.

According to GamesIndustry.biz reportthe group is led by Michael de Plater, a senior at Monolith Productions, who was previously the design director for Middle-earth: Mordor and Vice President, Middle-earth War: Shadow of War.

“In fact, we were able to bring him and 14 key people who worked with him – and many of them in Monolith – to incubate new games for us,” said Coast President John Hight's GameIndustry.biz. He added that the project is still in a very early stage and is expected to go through a “long conceptual process.” Compare it A similar new D&D video game project The Wizard of the Coast is under oversight by Stig Asmussen, director of Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Orders.

The other 14 developers who joined De Plater are veterans of Cliffhanger Games Formed in 2023 according to EA To a large extent, it was made up of veterans from De Plater's Mordor team. The studio is studying Single player, action adventure, open world black panther game As part of a number of collaborations between EA and Marvel.

but, Game cancelled, studio closed Earlier this year, as EA focused only on a handful of franchises: Battlefield, Battlefield, The Sims, Skateboarding and Top Legends, and its sports divisions. It is unclear how many people the total number of the shutdown affected, as others were also fired from EA's cell phones and central teams, although the number is less than about less than that number 300 people who cut into Rebirth and EA Fan Care earlier this year EA.

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