Blessing Adioye Jr.

I don't know him personally.

I don't know if you ever met.

Yeah, and so a lot of what we go by is word of mouth, but that word of mouth that you hear about Vincent Pella tends to be positive.

I also think it's rare to have somebody who worked on a franchise, like, in such a pivotal way, like Call of Duty, had such an impact, right?

And is still...

on an upward trajectory as far as the impact they're having on their current games.

Because you go from, yeah, working at Infinity Ward, making Call of Duty Modern Warfare, and now putting out Battlefield 6, which is killing it.

Titanfall.

Titanfall, right?

Again, one of those names where if you see it attached to a project, you immediately have a level of comfort, right?

Oh, Vincent Pella's heading up this team?

Okay, cool.

Yeah, all right.

I can see that.

I can see that panning out, right?

I think those are the names that are few and far between in this industry, and it's super tragic to lose one this early in his life in this way.

Another one that broke over the break.

Story number two, a controversial one.

Indie Game Awards disqualifies Clear Obscure Expedition 33 due to generative AI usage.

I'm pulling from Mike Straw at Insider Gaming.