Dinga Bakaba, who’s worked on several of Arkane’s big titles, has been appointed as its new studio head.VGC reportsthat Dinga Bakaba is taking on the role of studio director at Arkane Lyon, following the departure of its former head.
According to VGC, Bakaba will retain his position as co-creative director at the Lyon studio, alongsideDeathloopco-director Sebastien Mitton. Bakaba will fill the seat of former head Romuald Capron, who left Arkane in October.
Capron also announced that he is working on a free educational game calledPowerZ, and spoke toRock Paper Shotgunabout what the new project will be about.
“One of the pillars of the project is to co-create the game with children, so they can tell us their ideas and we can try and implement them,” Capron told RPS. “We are also trying to show the children how we make the game, they’re part of the process.”
Bakaba, meanwhile, has been with Arkane Lyon for just over 10 years, with credits onDishonoredand its sequel, as well asWolfenstein: Youngblood,where he was the game director.
ConsideringDeathloophas been, at the very least,a critical successfor Arkane and Bethesda, it’s heartening to see Bakaba step up into the lead role. Arkane overall is a studio whose projects always seem to grab my attention, and seeing the success ofDeathlooptranslating into more from this creative team is pretty exciting.
