JonCole Posted September 19, 2013 A group of industry veterans whose work includes The Walking Dead and Mark of the Ninja co-founded a new development studio, according to a post on the new studio's official blog. Campo Santo's staff includes former Telltale creative director and designer Jake Rodkin, designer and writer Sean Vanaman, as well as Mark of the Ninja lead designer Nels Anderson and artist Olly Moss, who's worked with Lucasfilm, Studio Ghibli and others. Campo Santo's first game is "being both backed by and made in collaboration with the stupendous, stupidly-successful Mac utility software-cum-design studio slash app/t-shirt/engineering company Panic Inc. from Portland, Oregon," Vanaman wrote. Source: Polygon Discuss. My reaction: WHAAAAAAAT Edit: Here's the Campo Santo's website: camposantogames.com Edit 2/6/14: Here's the new website (it's been up for a while, I've just been lazy about updating this) - camposanto.com Also, Chris Remo is now an employee of Campo Santo! Also also, I updated the thread title to reflect the new employee's origins as per the Campo Santo About page and what I know about Chris Remo. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sclpls Posted September 19, 2013 Haha I was about to post the same thing, including reaction! Next Thumbs episode should be a good one... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Korax Posted September 19, 2013 Another group of devs from well-known studios break off to form their own thing? UGH. What are they going to do next, make an awesome game that I will evangelize about to all my friends? Seriously, though, can't wait to see what's coming. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Marquis Posted September 19, 2013 Jake put up a really good fight, but you finally got him in a team of lords. Good work, and well fought. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
toblix Posted September 19, 2013 This is pretty sweet. I wonder when we'll hear more, and whether they formed around a specific project, or something less concrete, like the goal of revolutionizing the way we consume digital entertainment. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
osmosisch Posted September 19, 2013 Pikmin Lords Management incoming!!!!!1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pabosher Posted September 19, 2013 I am very disappointed they didn't call it Famous Video Games Inc. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
El Sloth Posted September 19, 2013 Oh, man! Famous Video Games Studios! Sweet! Congrats and good luck on the new venture, fellas. Interesting name by the way. A fancy way of saying "graveyard" in spanish. Edit: I can't wait for Gone Home: Ghosts Edition Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jeremywc Posted September 19, 2013 I'm disappointed they didn't call it The Phaedrus Group. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
melmer Posted September 19, 2013 I've often wondered if the guys would ever create their own indie dev studio, only last week when Olly was on the cast I thought they could enlist him to do the art....Then BOOM (FYI This is my idea, I'm claiming it, someone's going to owe me royalties somewhere down the line) Really happy for them! No love for Nick? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Urthman Posted September 19, 2013 "It's like Gone Home with ghosts!" -- IGN.com Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nappi Posted September 19, 2013 Mmm.. What? This is going to be interesting. I'm excited! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Urthman Posted September 19, 2013 No love for Nick? Nick is busy finishing his book about Duke Nukem Forever. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
melmer Posted September 19, 2013 In about two years time a Spanish kid doing history homework will look for an image of a grave yard on google and be really confused when the number one result is a picture of Jake They have a blog post: http://blog.camposantogames.com Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
elmuerte Posted September 19, 2013 Oh man.. I hope this will be some visual puzzle adventure game thingy in classical Olly Moss style. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Salacious Snake Posted September 19, 2013 Cool beans! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
El Sloth Posted September 19, 2013 The "P" in the logo looks like a skull and the "t" looks like a graveyard cross. Cool. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
elmuerte Posted September 19, 2013 Also, I can't help to think Jake and Sean said: "Congrats Nick, we're leaving him behind at TellTale" Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MrHoatzin Posted September 19, 2013 Oh, also, Panic?! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
melmer Posted September 19, 2013 They're looking for a 3D artist OCULUS RIFT CONFIRMED That kinda puts my initial fear of 'god I hope they don't make a free to play iPhone game' at rest PS4 please and thank you Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
El Sloth Posted September 19, 2013 I'm guessing these are some of the names/logos they went through before arriving at Campo Santo: Taken from their new twitter account. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites