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Hangar 13 is an American video game developer based in Novato, California, in the area of the former Hamilton Air Force Base. Established with Haden Blackman in December 2014 as a division of 2K (a publishing label of Take-Two Interactive ), the company's debut game was Mafia III , released in October 2016.
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Hangar 13 is a American developer of video games. Hangar 13 has been active on the market since before 2016. One of its first projects was game Mafia III. In publishing its games, Hangar 13 collaborates with 2K Games. The developer's most recent work is Mafia: The Old Country. Production release will occur in the near future; exact date not yet ...
- Blackman is leaving to "pursue his passion at a new endeavor."
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By Adam Bankhurst
Updated: May 5, 2022 3:05 am
Posted: May 5, 2022 3:03 am
Mafia 3 developer Hanger 13's studio head and founder Haden Blackman is stepping down from the company and 2K after seven years.
Blackman will be replaced by Nick Baynes, who has 30 years of industry leadership experience and joined Hanger 13 in 2018 to start Hanger 13 Brighton. He was responsible for launching Mafia: Definitive Edition and the Mafia Trilogy.
Blackman spent his early game development years at LucasArts and was a producer on Star Wars: Galaxies, the project lead on Star Wars: The Force Unleashed, and more. He also wrote several Star Wars comics, including Jango Fett: Open Seasons, Star Wars: Starfighter, and Darth Vader & The Ghost Prison.
"We are grateful for Haden's leadership in establishing Hangar 13, building and uniting teams in Novato, Brighton and Czech, and releasing multiple studio-defining Mafia games and collections. What Haden helped build will continue to carry forward and grow for years to come. We support all of our employees pursuing their passions, and we wish nothing but the best for him in what's next.
"Nick Baynes, Studio Head of Hangar 13 Brighton will take over as Studio Head of Hangar 13. With 30 years of industry leadership experience, Nick joined Hangar 13 in 2018 to establish Hangar 13 Brighton, and has spent the last four years growing the team, building up the studio's capabilities, and launching terrific projects like Mafia: Definitive Edition and the Mafia Trilogy.
"I hope you'll join me in thanking Haden and wishing him the best, and congratulating Nick on a well-deserved promotion. While change can be challenging, it can also breed new opportunities and success.
"We are confident the studio is in great hands heading into the multiple projects currently under way, and the team has 2K’s full support."
Mafia 3 was released in 2016 and, in our review, we said that its "strong characters and confident storytelling kept me engaged, even if the gameplay rarely delivered anything but bog-standard and repetitive open-world action."
Hanger 13 was founded in 2014 by 2K with Blackman at the helm and Mafia 3 has been the only new title the studio has released since then. In 2018, Hanger 13 was hit with "significant" layoffs. The studio would continue on to work with Gearbox Software on Borderlands: The Handsome Collection and the previously mentioned Mafia Trilogy.
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May 26, 2020 · The files of Mafia 3: Definitive Edition hold an asset relating to a cancelled game from developer Hangar 13 (via GameSpot). The Definitive Edition includes all of the game’s DLC, and it seems ...
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