“I would say Arx is the game that we've always wanted to play here at Arkane Studios," said Colantonio in an interview with IGN in 2000. So Colantonio and the small team at Arkane pivoted, breaking away from any agreement with EA and instead made Arx Fatalis.
However, he was unable to secure the rights from EA without agreeing to terms that compromised his vision. His original ambition for the studio was to create a new sequel to 1992’s Ultima Underworld, a fantasy RPG notable for the non-linear, freeform exploration it offered players at the time. So, with some financial help from his uncle, Colantonio set up Arkane Studios. All they liked were sports games and that's the new thing for EA - consoles, sports.
"This machine called PS1 came out and that was the beginning of a big, big shift," said Colantonio in an interview with Polygon. But soon, EA began to shift its focus away from the games he enjoyed. He’d previously worked at EA’s French quality assurance office, tracking bugs in Origin Systems games like System Shock. The studio was born from Colantonio’s disinterest in the games his former employer, EA, had begun to focus on. Either way, it's hard to see Arkane Austin jump ship from Redfall this early, especially when you consider that it's available on Xbox Game Pass.Arkane Studios was founded in 1999 in France - the city of Lyon, to be specific - by Raphaël Colantonio. Instead, it now just says the person will "join our team in developing AAA games for PC and console systems." Obviously, it's impossible to know, but that change could mean that either the team sees the bad optics of trying to move away from Redfall or that there was a miscommunication about how the role should be presented. Since the posting was uncovered, the language has been changed to remove both of the sentences above. However, the original posting mentions that the person would be joining the Austin team to help "develop our next AAA title." The posting also went on to say that the job would start "as soon as possible." Now, studios are working on new games all the time, but it is surprising to see Arkane Austin potentially moving on so quickly. Studios are constantly adding new workers so that news isn't too surprising at first glance.
As first spotted by GameRant, Arkane Austin recently added a job posting for a build engineer.
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