In a few years, Rafael Grassetti has become an important person within the Santa Monica studios, the developers of the God of War license. Very active on social networks, and in particular Twitter, the man has forged a fine reputation with his creations. Lead artist on 2018’s God of War, Rafael Grassetti held the position of art director for its sequel God of War Ragnarok, then art director of the studio from October 2022. The man is talented for sure, has mounted up the ranks and even got poached by Netflix himself to join his first cross-platform AAA. The streaming giant has indeed desires for video games and to do this, it gives itself the means of its ambitions. Because in addition to Rafael Grassetti, other video game veterans have also been poached. Joseph Staten (a Bungie and Microsoft alumnus) serves as creative director, while Jerry Edsall (Gears of War 4 & 5) has been taken on as technical director, and finally Chacko Sonny (Overwatch producer) became the studio’s director. At this stage, Netflix’s multi-media AAA has not yet been unveiled, but the desire to make noise is there.
I’m happy to announce that I’ve joined Netflix to develop a new original IP AAA game. I’m really excited to build a team and to work with the amazing Joseph Staten, Jerry Edsall and Chacko Sonny to bring a new world to life ❤️ pic.twitter.com/RQVDr0b1zs
— Raf Grassetti (@rafagrassetti) May 31, 2023