Cyberpunk 2077's creative director Gabriel Amatangelo has taken over the game directorship for the game after the former lead stepped away from the role.
Cyberpunk 2077 now has a new Game Director
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Following on from the gameâs troubled launch, and new changes in CD Projekt Redâs development and marketing strategies, the recent action-adventure game Cyberpunk 2077 now has a new Game Director so that the previous Game Director can focus more on their other role.
Gabriel Amatangelo will now be Cyberpunk 2077âs new Game Director, after having joined the studio as Creative Director in January 2020. They will be replacing Adam Badowski, who whilst also being the gameâs Game Director, was also the Studio Head at CD Projekt Red. The change will apparently allow them to focus more on the latter role.
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Polish video games maker CD Projekt said on Friday it had appointed Gabriel Amatangelo as a new director of its flagship game Cyberpunk 2077 as the company seeks to recover from the game’s bug-ridden release last year.
Amatangelo, an industry veteran who joined CD Projekt in January 2020 as creative director, will now lead development of the game’s upcoming expansion, CD Projekt said.
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His appointment follows the departure of former game quest director Mateusz Tomaszkiewicz, while former game director Adam Badowski will focus on the company’s transformation.
Back in March, CD Projekt Red announced that it would be making some internal changes to support development on multiple major projects at once. Now, we are starting to see that take shape, with Cyberpunk 2077 getting a new Game Director.
Previously, CD Projekt’s Adam Badowski served as both Studio Head and Game Director on Cyberpunk 2077. Now, the director reigns are being handed over to Gabriel Amatangelo, who joined the studio in early 2020 and previously worked on Dragon Age Inquisition and Star Wars: The Old Republic.
Amatangelo will now handle director duties for future Cyberpunk 2077 content, including free DLCs and expansions, which are still planned despite the game’s initial launch issues. Badowski will then focus more on the broader picture, as CD Projekt Red transitions to handling multiple major game projects at once.
CD Projekt RED has announced that Adam Badowski has stepped down as
Cyberpunk 2077‘s game director to focus on other leadership duties within the studio. According to information provided to Games Industry, part of Badowski’s role will be to oversee aspects of CD Projekt RED 2.0 transition.
Gabriel Amatangelo is now taking charge as
Cyberpunk 2077‘s new game director. Amantangelo joined the studio in January 2020 to serve as the troubled game’s creative director. Prior to this role, he spent nearly six years at BioWare, where he worked as
Dragon Age: Inquisition DLC’s design director and designer on various