Ryan Barnard, isa now former game director on Ubisoft’s The Division. He has joined IO Interactive as their new gameplay director
Barnard actually left Ubisoft in February, according to his LinkedIn page and joins IO Interactive in a brand new role as gameplay director. IO’s publisher Square Enix says he’ll oversee three of its core teams: “gameplay”, “online” and “world”.
He started his career at Sony Online Entertainment as an associate game designer before holding roles at EA’s new-closed Mythic studio and Crytek. He joined Massive in 2011, rising from associate creative director to game director.
“Ryan’s contributions to game design over the years show he’s the ideal person to spearhead the coming efforts,” Square said in a statement. “We are very happy to add his talent to the pool of great people working at IO.”
