Crytek Lead Programmer Joins id's Doom Team

[Steven Bogos]

Crytek Lead Programmer Joins id's Doom Team

Crytek's Lead Research and Development Graphics Engineer Tiago Sousa has left the company to work on id's upcoming Doom reboot.

Tiago Sousa, Crytek's Lead Research and Development Graphics Engineer, has just announced via Twitter [https://twitter.com/idSoftwareTiago/status/490177133180760064] that he will be leaving the company in favor of Bethesda Softworks child company id Software, to work on its upcoming Doom reboot. "Happy to announce i'll be helping the amazingly talented id Software team with Doom and idTech 6," said Sousa.

According to Sousa's Linkedin profile, he had been with Crytek for over a decade, working as a graphics programmer and engineer on the company's own CryEngine. He also worked on some of the company's most well-known games, such as the first Far Cry, Crysis, Ryse: Son of Rome and other "undisclosed multiplatform projects."

It's unknown if he had any role in the studio's upcoming Homefront sequel: Homefront: The Revolution.

The news comes amidst multiple had resigned [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/135724-Report-Crytek-Staffers-Havent-Been-Properly-Paid-Since-April] from his position.

Crytek refuted bankruptcy rumors [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/135629-Crytek-Reports-of-Looming-Bankruptcy-Are-False] back in June, but has remained very tight-lipped since then.

Source: Gamespot [http://www.gamespot.com/articles/crytek-s-lead-graphics-engineer-leaves-company-to-/1100-6421218/]

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[senkus]

He does seem to fit into a hole that John Carmack's departure from id Software left.

 

[Pyrian]

"Excuse me while I go take a paying job." - Sousa

Hope it works out well. Sad to see CryTek circling the drain, but it's getting harder and harder to deny.

 

[Adam Jensen_v1legacy]

Heh nobody can figure out how the heck did Carmack do it right?

Carmack seems to have an intuitive understanding of computer programing like nobody else. He is pretty much a walking computer nowadays with all the knowledge he possesses. This guy may be good, but I doubt that anyone can truly replace Carmack.

 

[FalloutJack]

Let's hear it for Doom! Wait...that doesn't sound right.

*Shrugs*

Can't beat the classics.

 

[youji itami]

Well I hope this doesn't turn out to be too short term as there are already rumors that Zenimax may have spent way too much making ESO and with a peak of less than 750,000 subscribers and rapidly falling there immediate future could be just as bad as Crytek's.

 

[The White Hunter]

Oh damn.

I expect Doom's system requirements may take an unexpected bound skyward. (yay )