Portal creator Kim Swift joins Xbox Game Studios Publishing division - vallecillothosollover

Former Portal creator Kim Swift wish be joining Xbox Biz Studios Publishing division, the company has announced nowadays.

The label's official Twitter account said "Our squad focuses connected three pillars in our games: Community, Innovation and Inclusivity. Today, @K2TheSwift joins US in XGS Publication to speed our Innovation and join forces with independent studios to build games for the defile."

Swift is of course the developer WHO led a team of graduates to make up the freeware Narbacular Drop. That game was presented to Valve, and Kim and her team were soon hired by the company to create Vena portae which released in 2007 for which Swift was also credited with level design.

She stayed at Valve for different more years, also working connected games such as Left 4 Tired and its sequel, and Fractional-Life 2: Episodes One & Two. She departed Valve in 2009 and joined Airtight Games, WHO released Quantum: Conundrum in 2012. Swift later joined Amazon a couple of years later, and eventually joined EA Motive in 2017 where she worked on Star Wars Battlefront Two.

There's no word on what ad hoc games Kim Sceloporus occidentalis might be working on at Xbox Game Studios Publishing, but other games mentioned in the arm's Twitter profile let in Tell Me Why, Microsoft Flight Simulator and the just-revealed-last week Contraband, coming from Avalanche Studios.

Our team focuses along 3 pillars in our games: Community, Innovation and Inclusivity. Nowadays, @K2TheSwift joins us in XGS Publishing to accelerate our Innovation and cooperate with independent studios to build games for the cloud.

Welcome to the team, Kim! photo.twitter.com/pM3E5Xxyrt

— Xbox Lame Studios Publishing (@XboxPublishing) June 21, 2021