Mike McCain has made a return to Seattle-based developer Harebrained Schemes.
The studio veteran is heading growth on a model new challenge on the studio. McCain beforehand labored at Harebrained Schemes for nearly 9 years between 2011 and 2019, engaged on the likes of Shadow Run and Necropolis, in addition to being recreation director on BattleTech.
After departing the studio, he labored in a wide range of artwork roles, together with as a background painter for Disney, artwork director for NoneMore Productions and a visible growth artist each for Netflix and Sony. In that final place, he labored on the corporate’s Spider-Verse sequence, whereas at NoneMore he labored on the Academy Award-winning The Boy, The Mole, The Fox, and the Horse.
“I’m thrilled to be again within the digital workplace with this wonderful crew,” McCain mentioned.
“There shall be loads of challenges, however the artistic momentum we’ve got round this new challenge proper now’s exhilarating. We’re a small crew making one thing we actually imagine in and I am unable to wait to share it. ”
Harebrained Schemes founder and studio supervisor Mitch Gitelman added: “I am taking a much-needed break and exploring what the subsequent stage of my life seems to be like. This can be a ridiculously proficient crew. I’m happy with them, I am excited for them, and I sit up for playtesting their new recreation—I feel it would actually resonate with longtime HBS followers.”
Harebrained Schemes was spun out of Paradox Interactive in October 2023.