Splash Damage hires Enslaved gameplay programmer

Splash Damage has announced the hiring of Marc Fascia, gameplay programmer for Enslaved at Ninja Theory.

This is the second hire announce in the past week from the Brink developer following the news it hired ex-FIFA director Griff Jenkins as its new director of production.

"We’re hugely impressed by Marc’s combination of insane technical ability and project management skills," said studio boss Paul Wedgwood. "In particular its Marc’s obsession with fun gameplay and his personable nature that makes him the perfect person to lead our army of awesome programmers.”

Fascia will now become the studio's new technical director, overseeing the upcoming projects SD has planned.

"I’m really happy to be trusted with this incredible responsibility at Splash Damage," he said. "We’re working on some great things, and managing such a big and talented programming team, across multiple varied and challenging projects, is a wonderful opportunity. I love multiplayer and Splash Damage suits my passion perfectly."