Mirror’s Edge: Catalyst, Battlefield V Art Director Joins Retro Studios

Jhony Ljungstedt, the art director on EA DICE’s Mirror’s Edge: Catalyst and Battlefield V, has joined Nintendo-owned Retro Studios, he announced via LinkedIn this weekend.

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“Today was my last day at DICE and it’s with mixed feelings I’m leaving something that’s been part of my life for such a long time,” Ljungstedt (pictured right) wrote. “It’s been great journey and I feel privileged to have got the chance to work with all the talented people at DICE, you will all be missed… Now I’m ready for a new chapter in my life, and looking forward to my new journey at Retro Studios.”

Retro Studios posted an opening for an Art Director over a year ago in December 2018. Then, once it had been announced that the studio would be taking over the rebooted Metroid Prime 4 project, the studio posted an opening for an Art Director once more, specifically for Metroid Prime 4.

Whether Ljungstedt is joining Retro to work on Metroid Prime 4 or another project is unknown at this time, and depends on how far along Prime 4 is in development. That said, his extensive experience on first-person games makes him a good fit for Metroid Prime, which has historically been designed in first-person.

A few months ago, Retro also hired another notable industry veteran, Kyle Hefley, the character modeler at 343 Industries that created the model for Master Chief in Halo 4 and a number of other characters in Halo 5.

Note: Screenshot from Metroid Prime 3: Corruption.


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