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Spike 74
07-12-09, 22:11
"Portal Designer Heads To Dark Void Studio

Kim Swift, best known for being one of the students-turned-Valve-developers behind Narbacular Drop and team leader for its better-known successor Portal has left the house of Half-Life for the den of Dark Void.
Swift is joining Airtight Games, the studio behind Capcom's almost-finished jet-pack action game Dark Void. She will be a project lead.
"I've learned so much and had some amazing experiences at Valve," Swift said in a press release announcing the move. "But when I heard I had the opportunity to work on innovative titles with my friends over at Airtight, I couldn't pass it up."
Swift was last seen by Kotaku in Tokyo, where she was demonstrating Left 4 Dead 2 and helping members of this website find a chainsaw with which to slice zombies.
Not that Kotaku was expecting any, but this news sheds no light on a Portal 2, other than to confirm that should such a sequel be made it won't have one of its chief creators involved."

Source: http://kotaku.com/5420949/portal-designer-heads-to-dark-void-studio

Dante2014
07-12-09, 23:25
Gah, well, this is certainly awkward, I am happy for her transfer, there appears to be no friction between her and Valve, but I enjoyed her efforts with Valve and I'm sorry that they'll have one less person, lets hope she brings talent to Capcom. :D

thezombiemessia
07-12-09, 23:26
Lets hope that Portal 2 doesn't suffer because of this :P

And I look forward to seeing what she can do with Airtight.

Catmoo
08-12-09, 06:22
Wow, crazy that she's left, all the more better for Airtight games :)