One of the video game highlights of 2022 was the Santa Monica Studio PlayStation exclusive God of War Ragnarok. The game arrived last month, and now that it’s been released to fans around the world, it seems like there’s some movement at the studio.
God of War Ragnarok i God of war (2018) gameplay producer Hannah Foell left the studio to become senior manager of partner management at Nintendo of America. Here, she will help build developer and publisher relationships with ‘AAA’ teams – to help bring “new experiences” to players on Nintendo platforms.
“I’m so thrilled to be joining the third-party team at Nintendo of America to foster developer-publisher relationships. I can’t wait to start working with AAA developers to bring exciting new experiences to players.”
According to Foello’s LinkedIn, she worked as a gameplay producer at the Santa Monica studio from February 2016 to December 2022. Prior to that, she was at Harmonix Music Systems for just under a year working on Rock band 4
The Nintendo Switch has seen a lot of success since the start of 2017, but has occasionally struggled to attract certain third-party franchises. Fortunately, the situation has improved over the years with series like Persona, Warlock, Borderlands, Portal and even recently Final fantasy remasters making their way to the hybrid system.
Microsoft also recently announced a 10-year porting agreement Call of duty series for Nintendo platforms: