Former Crytek Staffers Davis, Efremov Join Ngmoco Sweden

Mobile games company Ngmoco continues to expand its new Sweden-based branch, with general manager Ben Cousins announcing that the studio has hired two more industry veterans. Cousins revealed via Twitter that Tony Davis and Vesselin Efremov, both of whom originally worked at Crytek, have joined the mobile games studio. Davis, who had previously worked at Crytek for over 10 years and held such positions as producer on Crysis 2 and game director on Ryse, has joined Ngmoco as senior designer. Meanwhile, former Black Sea Studios art director Efremov has joined Ngmoco as senior artist. Black Sea was acquired by Crytek back in 2008. "Great to help someone as senior as Tony get back to building content after being a manager," said Cousins. Davis will be working for the studio remotely from Germany. Of Efremov, Cousins said, "Artists with vision and practical skills are very hard to find. Vesselin is one of the best candidates I've interviewed for this type of role." "Vesselin will be initially working for us remotely from Bulgaria, finding a beautiful and appealing visual design for our first title." The Swedish Ngmoco branch was originally founded in June with Cousins the sole staffer. Soon afterward, former Crytek director Senta Jakobsen joined the studio.