Star Wars Fate of the Old Republic has found its art director as staffing up for the ambitious project gets well underway.
It has been around three months now since the game was revealed at The Game Awards in a surprise announcement. Arcanaut Studios provided fans with a taste of what’s to come in all-CG teaser trailer. Whilst this game is still a few years away, the excitement for a Casey Hudson-lead Star Wars game is palpable.
Pascal Blanché has announced in posts across various social media sites that he has joined the Star Wars Fate of the Old Republic team as Studio Art Director. Most recently, he was Principal Art Director at Behaviour Interactive. Blanché left Behaviour last week after 7 years at the studio where he was the art director on Meet Your Maker and Blight: Survival. Check out what he had to say on his socials below:
Super excited to announce that I started a new position as Studio Art Director at ArcanautStudios, where I joined forces with Casey Hudson and his amazing team to work on the next epic Star Wars: Fate of the Old Republic! #swfotor
His Instagram bio reads “Digital Artist, Head in the stars since SW 1977. Studio Art Director at Arcanaut Studios”. Given this quote and how a lot of his personal art is sci-fi, it is clear Star Wars has had a huge impact on him. The news has been well received by fans of Pascal’s work on Instagram and other channels. He has built up quite a following from his work which you can view here. The French artist has also worked as a concept artist on Far Cry New Dawn, the Aquaman films, Kinect Disneyland Adventures, the 2009 Avatar game and more.
Diving Deeper
For those unaware of what a Studio Art Director is responsible for, here’s a quick overview. They are tasked with establishing the art direction of the game and studio. Plus, they will lead the other artists to make sure each piece stays true to their vision. This is a high up position within the creative side of the company and game team.
Blanché is just one of several hires that have occurred in the past few months. I’ve been keeping tabs on Arcanaut Studios’ recruitment and so far several other senior positions have been filled since January. These include a Associate Producer, Senior Concept Artist, IT Manager, Producer and a Senior Talent Acquisition Consultant. This might seem like a quick turn around but remember, Arcanaut Studios were founded last July by Casey Hudson.
It is still early days for Arcanaut Studios and Star Wars Fate of the Old Republic but this project has quite some excitement around it and lots of potential. Many of the positions that were posted on the Arcanaut Studios website have now been removed after people have been recruited. The ones that remain are Senior Systems Designer, Senior UI/UX Programmer, Senior UI/UX Designer and Senior/Lead Character Artist.
We should not expect too much information to come out about this game for a while. That said, the game’s director Casey Hudson believes it will be out before 2030.
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