What kind of challenge can be thrown to a person under whose leadership two of the four central shooter franchises of the seventh and eighth generation of consoles were created? Of course, creating a mobile hit.
Vince Zampella, founder of Infinity Ward and Respawn Entertainment, together with Larry Pacey, now a consultant to the world lottery empire Scientific Games, who previously headed the company WMS (it was bought by Scientific Games for $ 1.5 billion), founded the mobile startup Nuclear Division.
The studio will develop hardcore projects for mobile devices and a full-fledged gaming platform. So far, less than ten people work in the startup, but at the moment Zampella and Pasi are actively looking for new employees. Nuclear Division is located in Los Angeles (USA).
Zampell does not plan to leave the post of head of Respawn Entertainment. So we can say that he rather acts as an initiator and investor, but not a full-fledged leader.
Zampella is far from the first “veteran” of the “big industry” who wanted to try his hand at mobile development. For example, a year ago, the company Tilting Point appeared, which gathered former EA employees under its banner. She is mainly engaged in investing in mobile development. Or here’s another example: at the end of 2012, Kabam Vancouver appeared (today we know it as the developer of Fast & Furious 6). She previously made console Need for Speed.
A source: http://venturebeat.com