Ex-Valve luminary Anna Sweet joins J.J. Abrams’ game studio as CEO

Anna Sweet is the new chief executive officer of Bad Robot Games. Sweet, who is a games-industry veteran, will oversee efforts to build games in collaboration with the Bad Robot movie studio. Star Wars: The Force Awakens director J.J. Abrams founded Bad Robot in 2001, and he is now trying to expand into gaming. And Sweet is going to help him do that.

In her new position, Sweet will have Bad Robot Games act as a co-development partner with external studios. They will create games for consoles, PCs, and smartphones. Bad Robot’s involvement will focus on building worlds and storytelling. It will also provide creative direction, music, sound design, voice acting, and visual artists. Sweet and Bad Robot Games did not reveal any projects that are in the works.