Something Wicked Games appoints Will Shen as lead content designer

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It sounds like quite the team of RPG talent is assembling behind upcoming open-world game Wyrdsong, the debut title from newfound studio Something Wicked Games. On top of its existing staff made up of former Bethesda, Obsidian, Respawn and BioWare devs, the lead quest designer for Starfield has joined the team.

Will Shen, who worked on Starfieldas lead quest designer, has left Bethesda to join Something Wicked Games. In his new role, Shen will be the lead content designer on the studio's first game, the open-world fantasy RPG Wyrdsong. 

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Will Shen, former lead quest designer for Bethesda's Starfield who worked on other games from the studio, such as Fallout 3, Skyrim, Fallout 4, and Fallout 76, joined Something Wicked games to work on the studio's first open-world RPG.