Earlier today in a message from Dabid Haddad on the Rocksteady Studios official site, it was announced that co-founders Sefton Hill and Jamie Walker will be leaving the studio after 18 years. The creators of the studio behind the Batman Arkham games will, “…leave Rocksteady at the end of 2022 and will begin a new adventure in gaming,” as Haddad put it.
Back in 2004, Hill and Walker started Rocksteady and released the studio’s first title in 2006 titled Urban Chaos: Riot Response. It wasn’t until three years later in 2009 when Batman: Arkham Asylum launched that the Rocksteady name started to gain some notoriety. Now the studio is working on one of the most anticipated games of next year, Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League.
Speaking of which, it’ll be interesting to see if these departures have any impact on the timeline for the upcoming title. Haddad briefly mentioned Suicide Squad in this post, but there was no announcement of who will be jumping into the director’s chair to fill in for the departing Hill.
However, it was mentioned that former Director of Production, Nathan Burlow, will be taking over as Studio Director. Additionally, Darius Sadeghian will be promoted to the Studio Product Director position. Conceivably, one or both of them could take over Hill’s job on Suicide Squad, but nothing has been announced at this point.
Down below you can find the thoughts on this move from Hill, Walker, Burlow, and Sadeghian:
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