In 1994, Ted Price founded the company that would become Insomniac Games, the studio behind the Spyro the Dragon trilogy, Ratchet & Clank, Resistance, and Marvel’s Spider-Man. In addition to running the company, Price was the e was creative director on Spyro, Ratchet, and Resistance. Now, Price has revealed his plans to step down as Insomniac’s CEO and retire from the video game industry. In his place, Insomniac has promoted three studio veterans to take the reins of the company.
As announced on the PlayStation blog, Ryan Schneider, Jen Huang, and Chad Dezern are the new co-studio heads of Insomniac. Schneider was Insomniac’s first community director whose tenure with the company goes back to the PS2 era. Huang has only been with Insomniac for eight years, but he has also served as the company’s CFO and Head of Finance in that time. Of the three, Dezern has been at Insomniac the longest–he joined in 1998–and has been the Head of Creative since 2017.
In a statement shared through Insomniac’s parent company, Sony, Price revealed that he made the decision to step down last year.
“For me, after over 30 years of leading Insomniac, I felt it was simply time to step aside and let others pave the way for our team,” wrote Price. “During the past year, I had the opportunity to work with the senior leadership team at Insomniac to create a succession plan that I know will provide the continuity, stability and strong leadership necessary to deliver more of what our fans cherish over the next several decades.”
Price’s retirement will be take place in March. As for the immediate future of Insomniac, Marvel’s Wolverine is one of at least two games it has in development currently. Dezern shared his excitement about that title, but refused to say if Wolverine will be released in 2025. Schneider also teased the possibility of more film adaptations after the 2016 movie based on Ratchet & Clank.