Английская Википедия:Alex Hutchinson (video game director)

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Alex Hutchinson is an Australian video game director and designer. He is best known for his work as the creative director for Ubisoft's Assassin's Creed III and Far Cry 4. After a long stint at Ubisoft,[1] he has since co-founded his own video game development company, Typhoon Studios.

Career

Hutchinson began his career in the games industry as a designer at Torus Games in Australia but quickly left for an opportunity at Electronic Arts subsidiary Maxis. There, he worked as a Lead Designer on the popular gaming series, The Sims, as well as leading the design on Spore.[2] In 2008, he moved to Canada to take on a role as Creative Director at EA Montreal, working on Army of Two: The 40th Day. He later transitioned to Ubisoft Montreal, where he served as Creative Director for Assassin's Creed III and Far Cry 4. Assassin's Creed III was showcased at E3 2012, and Far Cry 4 at E3 2014, where it was presented by Hutchinson himself.[3][4]

In 2017, Hutchinson co-founded Typhoon Studios, a video game studio based in Montreal, with his partners Yassine Riahi and Reid Schneider.[5] The studio gained attention when its first game, Journey to the Savage Planet, was announced at the 2018 Game Awards.[6] In December 2019, Google, under its Stadia brand, acquired Typhoon Studios.[5] Unfortunately, Typhoon Studios, along with Google's Stadia Games and Entertainment (SG&E) division, was shut down in February 2021. However, the development team behind Journey to the Savage Planet, including Hutchinson, Schneider, Yannick Simard, Erick Bilodeau, and Marc-Antoine Lussier, reunited and founded Raccoon Logic in 2021.[7]

Works

Video Games Year Released Role
The Sims 2 2004 & 2005 Lead Designer
Spore 2008 Lead Designer
Army of Two: The 40th Day 2010 Creative Director
Assassin's Creed III 2012 Creative Director
Far Cry 4 2014 Creative Director
Journey to the Savage Planet 2020 Creative Director

Controversies

On October 22, 2020, Alex Hutchinson tweeted the following:Шаблон:Quote

Which generated public backlash. Following, Google stated that what Hutchinson said does not represent the company's vision.[8]

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