Speaking with Eurogamer, Baker reflected on Abubakar Salim’s career trajectory. Salim, who has starred as Assassin’s Creed Origin’s Bayek among other roles, started his own video game development studio known as Surgent Studios several years ago, and has since released titles such as the acclaimed Tales of Kenzera: Zau. So, would Baker want to go down the same path?
“I love Abu, I played the hell out of his games,” Baker tells Eurogamer. “He is someone who has a deep passion for games, and has found a way to turn that into a great business endeavour for him. I’ve had an incredible opportunity working with the best in this industry, it’s insane – Ken Levine, Hideo Kojima, Neil Druckmann, Todd Howard, Vince Zampella – these people are paragons of the industry. I’ve worked with these people, and I’ve learned so much from them.
“And, what I am excited about doing is taking those tenets, taking those principles of wildly successful titles – not just in terms of sales and figures, but the stories that have defined the industry – and being able to innovate and replicate and emulate those processes and practices into the stories that I want to tell.”
Baker says he is now “beginning the conversations” of what story he wants to tell, and who he wants to tell it with. “Somebody asked me in one of those meetings: ‘what’s your timeline?’, and I said ‘not rushed’,” Baker continues.
“So, I am going to take my time, because I want to make sure that, when I finally do tell a story, it’s one of just as high a caliber of those that I am trying to emulate.”
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And all voice work will be him and Nolan North.
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I’m all good on Troy Baker man, I don’t know when we decided he’s the only guy you can call for VO work. Mouse PI is amazing and would have been even better without him.
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And I’ll be the Videogame Tester 🤞
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With blackjack and _respectable ladies with companionship for hire_?
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Speaking with Eurogamer, Baker reflected on Abubakar Salim’s career trajectory. Salim, who has starred as Assassin’s Creed Origin’s Bayek among other roles, started his own video game development studio known as Surgent Studios several years ago, and has since released titles such as the acclaimed Tales of Kenzera: Zau. So, would Baker want to go down the same path?
“I love Abu, I played the hell out of his games,” Baker tells Eurogamer. “He is someone who has a deep passion for games, and has found a way to turn that into a great business endeavour for him. I’ve had an incredible opportunity working with the best in this industry, it’s insane – Ken Levine, Hideo Kojima, Neil Druckmann, Todd Howard, Vince Zampella – these people are paragons of the industry. I’ve worked with these people, and I’ve learned so much from them.
“And, what I am excited about doing is taking those tenets, taking those principles of wildly successful titles – not just in terms of sales and figures, but the stories that have defined the industry – and being able to innovate and replicate and emulate those processes and practices into the stories that I want to tell.”
Baker says he is now “beginning the conversations” of what story he wants to tell, and who he wants to tell it with. “Somebody asked me in one of those meetings: ‘what’s your timeline?’, and I said ‘not rushed’,” Baker continues.
“So, I am going to take my time, because I want to make sure that, when I finally do tell a story, it’s one of just as high a caliber of those that I am trying to emulate.”
And all voice work will be him and Nolan North.
I’m all good on Troy Baker man, I don’t know when we decided he’s the only guy you can call for VO work. Mouse PI is amazing and would have been even better without him.
And I’ll be the Videogame Tester 🤞
With blackjack and _respectable ladies with companionship for hire_?
https://preview.redd.it/ccg3dz19rqwg1.png?width=1200&format=png&auto=webp&s=225684f2918a17095ff5f7875969ecca5b0c7f5a
He’s as qualified as anyone.
Best of luck to him, it’s a tough time to be a game developer and even tougher time to start a new studio.
When this fails, he is going to be absolutely insufferable about it
I’ve not yet watched “Indiana Jones and the Last of Us”, is it out in theatres now?
He’s gonna put NFTs in it lol