Since Microsoft announced the birth of The Initiative at E3 last year, there have been significant recruitments within the new studio, the latest of which has seen Chris O'Neill, lead designer of Sony's latest God of War, join the team.

The number of talents seems destined to rise once again: among the newcomers in fact there is Justin Walters,who revealed, through an update of his LinkedIn page to be now Senior Environment Artist of The Initiative. In addition to working at Avalanche Studios on Just Cause 4 in the same role, Walters has participated in the development of titles such as Star Wars Battlefront II, Doom, Halo: The Master Chief Collection and The Shadow of Mordor. .

This new hire confirms, once again, Microsoft's intent to strengthen a team already full of "veterans" in the industry, with the intention of creating titles that reflect and that can compete with the largest current productions.