Vigil Games Co-founder Departs Studio

<p>According to a report by <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;gamespot&period;com&sol;news&sol;vigil-games-cofounder-leaves-6398654">Gamespot<&sol;a>&comma; Vigil Games cofounder and creative director Joe Madureira announced via his <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;facebook&period;com&sol;pages&sol;Joe-Madureira&sol;157043750975722"><strong>Facebook page<&sol;strong><&sol;a> that he is leaving the Austin&comma; Texas-based developer after seven years&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;I&&num;8217&semi;m afraid the time has come for me to move on to new adventures&comma;&&num;8221&semi; he said in a status update&period; &&num;8220&semi;I could not be more proud of what we achieved&comma; or the awesome people who helped build up this studio&period; I can safely say Vigil&&num;8217&semi;s future is in very good hands&comma; so expect only awesomeness down the road&period; This feels surreal…I miss the place already&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Madureira did not go into specifics as to what he will be doing next&comma; except that he will be focusing on &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;banging out a bunch of comics&comma;” but provided no further details&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Madureira founded Vigil Games in 2005 with David Adams&comma; Marvin Donald&comma; and Ryan Stefanelli&period; Vigil Games was acquired by THQ in 2006 for an undisclosed sum&period; Prior to creating Vigil Games&comma; Madureira spent 20 years at comic book company Marvel&comma; where he worked on the Deadpool&comma; Uncanny X-Men&comma; Ultimates&comma; and Avenging Spider-Man franchises&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p> &lpar;Via <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;gamespot&period;com&sol;news&sol;vigil-games-cofounder-leaves-6398654">GameSpot<&sol;a>&rpar;<&sol;p>&NewLine;