Jar of Sparks<\/a> aims to revolutionise mobile gaming. Hook, a Halo Infinite lead and OG Xbox Live developer, aims to create a unique mobile studio with AAA standards. <\/p>\nJerry Hook is not the only veteran developer at the studio. Alongside the Halo dev, other developers from games such as Batman: Arkham, Doom 2016, SSX and more are also on the team. There\u2019s certainly a huge amount of action game devs at the studio. <\/p>\n
NetEase is adamant that Jar of Sparks will be 100% focused on narrative games. However, the studio did not explain whether the studio will abstain from multiplayer or free-to-play payment structures. <\/p>\n
Hook speaks out <\/h2>\n
In the press release, Hook explained that the studio is full of veteran developers who have worked for huge companies. A large number of 343 Industries followed Hook to Jar of Sparks, as well as devs from other studios. It\u2019s clear that the studio is full to the brim with talented developers. <\/p>\n
\u201cWe have built games for some of the biggest companies in gaming, and now it\u2019s time to take a shot at putting our own personal lightning in a bottle,\u201d Hook said. \u201cWe want to create something new, innovative and that\u2019s a blast to play. When looking to create a new studio the most critical part of finding the right partner was being aligned on the fundamental goals of having the freedom to take innovative risks and to put the passion of our creators first.\u201d<\/p>\n
Hook also explained that NetEase will not be enforcing its typical money-grubbing practices in the studio. Instead, Jar of Sparks will be player-first, attempting to push mobile games away from its current stigma. We\u2019re always going to support that. <\/p>\n
\u201cThis meant that our player experiences came before the business, which itself is a risk,\u201d he continued. \u201cNetEase came to the table with a strong creative first approach; they demonstrated the same passion we have for our players and building new experiences that we believe players are looking for.\u201d<\/p>\n
No details were released on the studio\u2019s first game. Nevertheless, we can\u2019t wait to see what the studio comes up with. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1740926,"template":"","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","type":"","auto_type":false,"post":"","stream":"","stream_url":"","waveform_data":[],"duration":0,"bpm":0,"downloadable":false,"download_url":"","purchase_title":"","purchase_url":"","post-count-all":0,"like_count":0,"download_count":0,"editor_note":"","copyright":"","captions":[]},"genre":[78],"artist":[131],"mood":[],"activity":[],"station_tag":[19124,18744,18711,7387,18752,14079,18119,10610,17460,177,18710,18750,20973,19711,24351,18732,21391,5225,3862,9445,18726,13258,18715,18719,18742,18712,18714,18729,5227,18749,16767,3702,18708],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/platogaming.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/station\/1740925"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/platogaming.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/station"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/platogaming.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/station"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platogaming.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platogaming.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1740926"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/platogaming.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1740925"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"genre","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platogaming.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/genre?post=1740925"},{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platogaming.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=1740925"},{"taxonomy":"mood","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platogaming.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mood?post=1740925"},{"taxonomy":"activity","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platogaming.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/activity?post=1740925"},{"taxonomy":"station_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platogaming.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/station_tag?post=1740925"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}