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For more or less a couple of years now with the acquisition of several studios by Microsoft and Xbox, including the most recent and largest with the purchase of Activision Blizzard, several directors of these studios have ceased to be part of said studios, generally, resigning their position and leaving the company. On Twitter (X) they have been “lighting the torches” for a while for this reason and we cannot say what reasons users are lacking.
Although they try to add fuel to the fire more for the controversy, setting fires and creating a toxic environment and laughing at others, than for giving information, when it was only one director who left they did so for no reason, today, with at least ten resignations including the one a few hours ago of Tameem Antoniades, co-founder of Ninja Theory who has left the company, there may be some reason have these memes and these lists that are made on social networks. But everything can have an explanation that we will try to give below.
- Ninja Theory co-founder leaves Xbox
- Tango Gameworks founder leaves Xbox
- Playground Games co-founder leaves Xbox
- Toys for Bob leaves Xbox
That's what this meme says along with many others, with or without reason and without specifying several things. As you have seen, it is not only about managers who leave the management, but also entire studios such as Toys for Bob that At first it seems that they had abandoned Microsoft, however it was all a misunderstanding since the reality was very different. We told you about it here not long ago.
Be that as it may and in any case, in the end Toys for Bob would be reaching an agreement with Microsoft, which must be considered, but it must also be considered that when one or two directors leave a company where they have been for many years, it may be a coincidence. , but since there are several It is normal for alarms to go offHowever, you have to consider what it means for a company to buy your company. These resignations are very common when something like this happens due to the change in narrative and general directive that all of this entails.
You no longer rule your own company, a compelling reason to resign
Whether you are a founder, co-founder or simply have climbed positions in the company where you are, be it a video game studio or any other field, when you become a boss you have to command many people, you have decision-making capacity, you can manage a narrative and a common objective – with the risks that this implies – and You feel a lot of freedom, although also vertigo, to take your company wherever you want. Of course you can make mistakes and err, but also every success will be largely thanks to you.
You will no longer be part of those who criticize the boss or think «Well, I would have done this better, this other way» as has surely happened to you so many times. It is part of life to be in these positions and it is also part of being at the top and leading a team, something that is more difficult than it seems as you might imagine, but once you are in that position You end up learning how to manage it, how to maneuver, what moves to make to stay ahead of events, and you settle in.
That they now buy your company seems like good news from a certain point of view because they are going to pay you and others above you will be in charge of looking for clients, you just have to make sure that your team does its job. Something that seems simple, but the fine print of all this is that you no longer make the decisions and you must make sure you follow orders at all levels, including changing things in the way you work, your office and your team that You probably won't like them at all.
The decisions and the direction in which you row are contrary to your vision for the company
The same thing we discussed a moment ago, but let's assume that the decisions made by those above you are completely contrary to what you have thought, to your way of working, to your vision and what you want for your companyeven crossing several red lines that have always been red, several “Red flags” if you prefer that term.
It is something that seems easy to read, but in our experience, some things are priceless, and if they force us, impose on us and tell us to do things that we have never done or would have done, perhaps it is time to give up. Another simile that we can use is that of couples… When your partner, or the person who is going to be your partner, imposes certain things on you that you don't like at all, it is time to rethink the relationship, the respect you have for yourself, your dignity and your moral way of seeing the relationship and life in general.
Starting another new company is risky but it will give you the freedom you have lost
It may happen that you leave a company that you know very well because they have acquired you, simply because you have lost freedom, and you could go to another company in a “not very privileged” position, to be just another employee, not a boss, and this is difficult to assimilate because it is considered a step back in your career and in your life, Not to mention that the salary is probably lower than what you had. If you have seen the series The Office You are surely connecting the dots right now with everything we have written, and if you have ever been in privileged positions, have been bosses and have been employees on several occasions in your life, you know firsthand that all these details matter.
So, in short, before going to another company at a lower location, For that it would be better to stay where you arebut since you don't like what those above you making decisions are doing, you prefer to leave and found a new company with like-minded people that you know and who follow you, that way you will regain your freedom and for your resume, for your progress in general in the sector and for you on a personal level, everything will be beneficial even if it entails financial risks that you have to assume. Besides, If that new company has enormous and impressive sales and critical success, the credit will go to you and your teammore progress for you and your resume.
Tameem Antoniades, founder of Ninja Theory and director of Hellblade 2, resigns
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The case of Tameem Antoniades it really has more crumb than it seems, and it is at least suspicious that a little less than a month after releasing one of your biggest releases, you resign and leave – although according to the information you left much longer ago -, but as we have said, sometimes these things happen and in At the time, the purchase by Microsoft was seen very favorably. When such a large company acquires you, they usually tell you that you will have complete freedom to do whatever you want with your video games, but We know that's not exactly the case. And this may be why so many directors have left their companies in the last 24 months.
For now we must focus on the launch of Senua's Saga: Hellblade 2, which will be next May 21 and a few hours ago they already offered new details about the game that you can consult right here. Senua's Saga: Hellblade 2 It will be released directly for the Xbox Game Pass game catalog, but you can also buy it digitally from the Xbox Spain store through this link. As we have told you on several occasions, there are several positive reasons to buy video games even though they are in the Game Pass catalog.