Naughty Dog Artist Nate Wells Joins Tomb Raider Developer

<p>Nate Wells was the latest <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;artist-michael-knowland-latest-depart-naughty-dog&sol;">to join the exodus<&sol;a> of talent from <em>The Last of Us<&sol;em> developer Naughty Dog earlier this year&period; The former Naughty Dog and previous Irrational Games alumni spent some time at <em>The Unfinished Swan<&sol;em> developer Giant Sparrow in the meantime&period; Now Wells has joined Crystal Dynamics as the studio&&num;8217&semi;s newest lead art director&comma; according to a recent tweet of his&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote class&equals;"twitter-tweet" data-width&equals;"500" data-dnt&equals;"true">&NewLine;<p lang&equals;"en" dir&equals;"ltr">Wow&comma; you can actually smell trees up here&period; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;twitter&period;com&sol;hashtag&sol;crystaldynamics&quest;src&equals;hash&amp&semi;ref&lowbar;src&equals;twsrc&percnt;5Etfw">&num;crystaldynamics<&sol;a> <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;twitter&period;com&sol;hashtag&sol;firstday&quest;src&equals;hash&amp&semi;ref&lowbar;src&equals;twsrc&percnt;5Etfw">&num;firstday<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&mdash&semi; Nate Wells &lpar;&commat;PrettyLarceny&rpar; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;twitter&period;com&sol;PrettyLarceny&sol;status&sol;539463909212557312&quest;ref&lowbar;src&equals;twsrc&percnt;5Etfw">December 1&comma; 2014<&sol;a><&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;platform&period;twitter&period;com&sol;widgets&period;js" charset&equals;"utf-8"><&sol;script><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;Wow&comma; you can actually smell trees up here&comma;&&num;8221&semi; Wells said of his new line of work&comma; tweeting the hashtags &num;crystaldynamics and &num;firstday&period; We assume his reference has something to do with Crystal Dyanmics is located in Redwood&comma; California and its eponymous redwood trees&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In addition to his tweet&comma; Wells&&num;8217&semi; Linkedin account also lists his new employment by Crystal Dynamics&period; The studio is presently hard at work on its sequel to 2013&&num;8217&semi;s <em>Tomb Raider<&sol;em> – Rise of the Tomb Raider&comma; which will debut <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;rise-tomb-raider-coming-xbox-one&sol;">as an Xbox One exclusive<&sol;a> next year&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Wells also joins Justin Richmond&comma; director on <em>Uncharted 4&colon; A Thief&&num;8217&semi;s End<&sol;em>&comma; in the long line of employees to depart Naughty Dog this year&period; Richmond left for <em>League of Legends<&sol;em> developer Riot Games while Uncharted creative director and writer Amy Hennig and voice actor Todd Stashwick were recruited for Visceral Games’ Star Wars project&comma; which has yet to be released&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Via<&sol;strong> <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;twitter&period;com&sol;PrettyLarceny&sol;status&sol;539463909212557312">Nate Wells on Twitter<&sol;a> &amp&semi; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;linkedin&period;com&sol;pub&sol;nate-wells&sol;7&sol;156&sol;4ba">LinkedIn<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;