https://www.gamespot.com/articles/microsoft-hires-red-dead-redemptions-writer-and-de/1100-6461106/ > Microsoft is making some big hires for its new studio, The Initiative. Studio boss Darrell Gallagher, who came to Microsoft from Square Enix and Activision, announced a series of big-name hires on his LinkedIn page recently, and they include one of the key creative leads on Rockstar's 2010 acclaimed western Red Dead Redemption. > Though the page has since been deleted, the internet never forgets. The website RemotePlay saw the page and reports that among the new hires is Christian Cantamessa, who was the lead writer and designer for Red Dead Redemption.