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Feature
Game changer

Hi-res models of archons,
which are leaders of a group
of the alien race Kett

and pre-production, stages that ExpEriEncEd TEAM
took two years to complete. “The Christopher worked on the game
biggest pressure for me was not for two years, describing it as the
knowing that much about the ‘most fast-paced production’ he’s
licence. I’ve always been interested worked on. “This is the strongest AuthoR
in Mass Effect, but I’ve never been pool of people I’ve ever worked
a hardcore fan and when I started I with, but the game was very Christopher Cao
would ask questions about this race ambitious. The team was very Born, raised and earning a crust in Montreal, Canada, Christopher Cao has
or that planet, and my colleague experienced and professional in never had to go far to find the perfect place for work. A few months after
Ben, who is a concept artist, would the sense that [there were] little graduating from the city’s National Animation and Design (Centre NAD), he
tell me the answer always followed to no juniors so everyone knew was signed up by games developer Ubisoft, where he crafted characters for
by, ‘You should know this!’ So I what they were doing, but it’s a the brand’s top sellers Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell: Conviction and Assassin’s
decided to learn a bit more about it big game to make and the number Creed IV: Black Flag. Four years later he moved on to WB Games Montreal
instead of trying to create blindly, of staff is smaller than another to help complete Batman Arkham Origins, and later Batman Arkham Knight.
but it took some time knowing type of project that might be the Then with his reputation as a talented character artist cemented, he was
all the lore [and] fantasy about it, same size. But it’s the BioWare snapped up by BioWare for Mass Effect: Andromeda. Christopher remains
because it’s such a big licence, with way of thinking; hire someone there today, current working on a top-secret project.
a big history.” who’s more qualified to do more https://chrisc.artstation.com

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