Crystal Dynamics is best known for their work on Tomb Raider, Legacy of Kain, and Gex. One of their Playstation titles is rarely talked about when discussing the company's history, and that's the action platformer Akuji the Heartless. We were curious to revisit the title to see if it was an underappreciated gem, so we picked it for this week's Replay.
Click below to watch Andrew Reiner, Tim Turi, Robotoki president Robert Bowling, and myself take control of Akuji for the first time in over a decade.
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Infinity Ward’s creative strategist Robert Bowling left the Call of Duty studio last month after six years at the company, choosing not to reveal his future plans straight away. This week, he unveiled Robotoki, his new game development studio, with which he plans to release games for next-gen consoles, PCs and mobile devices. Speaking to Gamasutra, Bowling, who had served as the public-facing community liaison for Infinity Ward, says that he only came up with …
Bowling said Robotoki is completely self-funded and will only partner with those who support that model. “I wanted to create an environment where the creative vision holders held complete control over their work and could guide and maintain it from concept to execution. This is why I chose to completely self-fund Robotoki and have chosen to only work with partners who were supportive of that model.”