Bad Robot Productions games division, Bad Robot Games, is forming its own in-house game development studio called Bad Robot Games Studio led by Left 4 Dead creator Michael Booth.
Bad Robot is a film and TV production company formed by J.J. Abrams, which formed a games division in 2018 with funding from Tencent and Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment.
The new split of Bad Robot Games will be made up of two teams: in-house development team Bad Robot Games Studio, and a creative co-development team that works with external partners.
Booth will join in the role of general manager following a stint as social VR director for Facebook. He is also the founder of Turtle Rock Studios and has worked at Valve, Blizzard, and EA, though he is perhaps best-known as the creator and designer of Left 4 Dead.
What you need to know
JJ Abram s film company Bad Robot has launched a new game studio under the name Bad Robot Games Studio.
Bad Robot Games Studios is based in Santa Monica, CA.
Michael Booth, game creator behind Left 4 Dead, will be the studio s general manager.
As part of Booth s new responsibilities, he ll be in charge of gathering a team together for working on the developer s future titles. As far as the focus for the studio goes, Anna Sweet, Bad Robot Games CEO, states that the studio will aim to create large, entertaining worlds. We want to build worlds that are expansive, and can cross media but don t necessarily start in film or TV. They could start as games. We just want to build big immersive worlds. We also want to build games that are as fun to watch as they are to play. Bad Robot has a long history of making things people love to watch. And so we want to bring that expertise to building games as well. - Anna Sweet, CEO at Bad Robot Games Studio