Grand Theft Auto studio Rockstar North is seeking to fill multiple positions for work on next-gen projects.
The Edinburgh, Scotland-based studio islookingto appoint an animation systems programmer to help it develop “advanced animation systems for large open world character-based games”.
The studio has a separate opening for a junior animation programmer based in the same department, which is described as “a global team of programmers and researchers who collaborate on pushing the boundaries of character animation on next generation hardware”.
Another opening is for an environment terrain artist to help “create next-generation worlds for exciting upcoming projects”. The successful applicant would be tasked with “sculpting, modeling and texturing terrain for next-gen game environments”.
Fellow Scottish studioRuffianGames is working on multiple projects alongsideRockstar, according job listingsadvertised by the Crackdown 2 developer in October, which called for individuals with “generalised experience in multiplayer action games developed forPC,Xbox One,PlayStation 4and future platforms.”
The recruitment drive remains open and Ruffiansays: “This being Rockstar, there’s not a huge amount of information available on exactly which titles, or indeed which platforms, but given Rockstar’s portfolio, it should be reasonably simple to make an educated guess or two.”
Rockstar releasedRed Dead Redemption 2 for PCon November 5 and the title will be aStadia launch game on November 19.
Sources recently told VGC thatRockstar New England had shelved development of Bully 2, however it’s possible work on the sequel could have restarted elsewhere.
In June, Rockstar’s parent companyTake-Two said it expects new entries in its major franchises to be released more frequentlyin the future.
Red Dead Redemption 2arrived over eight years after the original game released and there haven’t been new Grand Theft Auto or BioShock titles since 2013.
Grand Theft Auto V has shipped over 115 million units worldwide,Take-Twosaid last week.
Sonyrecently announced a holiday 2020 launch date forPlayStation 5andwent into detail on the PS5 controller, which is set to feature haptic feedback, “adaptive” triggers and more.
Microsoftannounced in June that it’s next generationXbox,Project Scarlett, willlaunch holiday 2020 alongside Halo Infinite.
