In the last several days, a number of outlets have shared news of a supposed former Naughty Dog developer, Edgar Newman, exiting his role on The Last of Us Part II and taking up a new position at Double Fine. Such reports seemingly spawn from Reddit posts, which picked up on the story via Newman?s updated LinkedIn profile. There?s a bit of weirdness with regards to some of these details, however. Most jarring is that Newman?s LinkedIn account appears relatively barebones and features a few notable inaccuracies, and it?s entirely possible this person doesn?t even exist.
Supposedly, Edgar Newman has worked on prominent games for the last 20 years. According to his LinkedIn, he spent nearly a decade with Rockstar, before shifting to a senior role at the now-defunct Lionhead Studios. Newman allegedly went on to work as a Lead Game Designer for Massive Entertainment?s The Division. In the summer of 2017, he found himself at another big studio, Naughty Dog, working as a Senior Game Designer. Now he?s supposedly a design lead for Double Fine, a studio purchased by Microsoft just last summer.
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