Former creatives behind the Last of Us and Call of Duty work on a new narrative game

That’s No Moon is a studio founded by veterans of Bungie, EA, Naughty Dog or Infinity Ward.

In recent times we are experiencing the constant appearance of new independent development studios. It is always good news for the industry to have new proposals from groups looking to contribute their own vision of the medium with new and interesting titles, but it is even more exciting when the members are true heavyweights of the industry.

The study will focus on narrative titlesThat’s No Moon has already presented itself to the world as a titan, a studio made up of veterans like Michael Mumbauer , Tina Kowaleski , Nick Kononelos , Barry Genova and George Allison . Talents who have made a name for themselves at Sony San Diego, Santa Monica, EA or Bungie , have settled in Los Angeles and San Diego along with a team that they hope will reach 100 workers by 2022.

The study will focus on narrative titles that travel between the different audiovisual media. The studio’s proposal is to “create characters and worlds that begin in their games, but that extend to other media such as television, cinema and beyond.” The first That’s No Moon title will propose a narrative adventure for one player and will be directed by Taylor Kurosaki , who was director of narrative design at Naughty Dog and Jacob Minkoff , designer of the first The Last of Us and design director of Call of Duty. : Modern Warfare .

The first title of That’s No Moon will propose a narrative adventure for a playerAs if all this were unimpressive, the studio has thanked Smilegate , creators of the Crossfire franchise , for an investment of $ 100 million for its debut. The study will seek to tell stories that mark the players and for this they will bet on a “collaborative and inclusive culture” for their squad. “People of different origins, ideologies, orientations and identities will be treated with fairness and respect.” they point out in their presentation .