Joe Ziegler, Director of Valorant and Riot Games For 12 Years, Joins Bungie

After a long and successful tenure at Riot Games, Joe Ziegler is taking his talents to the Bungee family. With over 12 years of experience in game direction, including three as director of Valorant, Joe Ziegler brings a wealth of experience with him to Bungee. Find out more about how this move could shape the future of gaming!

After 12 years at Riot Games, including more than 3 as director on Valorant, Joe Ziegler will celebrate Christmas in another household. As revealed on Twitter, the one who provided his name to the character Riggs of League of Legends is now part of Bungee, a boiling studio however with still well concealed. I more than happy to reveal that Bungee is my new home which I am working on brand-new things which is all is well will be well in your hands, published on Twitter the one who had already announced his departure Riot Games on December 7. Joe Ziegler, whose route began in 2007 at Pandemic Studios, likewise suggests that he still holds the position of director at Bungee. Released in 2020 on PC pending the revealed mobile declination, Valorant turned out to be an essential success for Riot Games as part of his diversification, because he showed that the studio could win outside the League of Legends.

Bungee feeds aspirations in PVP

It is strong of this success that Joe Ziegler takes location at Bungee, a studio which we understand that a number of tasks aside from the extensions of Destiny 2 remain in preparation. In spite of a certain number of reports, Bungee nonetheless manages to keep the majority of his tricks. We are talking in particular of a brand-new license called Matter which would be right in the register of a valiant or perhaps an incredible return of marathon in the type of cooperative shooting game from Escape from Markov, but nothing is having actually still been formally unveiled. We can also discuss the recruitment of Derek Tsai, previous executive of Riot Games (still) named in charge of the Destiny Universe Transmedia, which includes cinema, television, animation, books or perhaps comics.

Even if we can not ensure it, there is a likelihood that Joe Ziegler does not deal with Fate 2. His profile corresponds rather to a task deal going back to August, when Bungee was looking for A director accountable for the innovative vision of a brand-new video game generally oriented JCJ. Your work consists in transforming game systems, systems, narration and social chances into a combined and coherent whole, discussed the job deal. Last summer, Bungee had actually currently hired Jordan Path (Style Director of Peak Legends Mobile) from Respawn Entertainment, still as director.