Marvel's Midnight Suns.
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Firaxis Games names new studio head as Marvel’s Midnight Suns leaders leave

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Heather Hazen has been named studio head as head of Firaxis Games, the developer that made Marvel’s Midnight Suns.

She replaces Steve Martin, who is leaving the studio after 25 years at Firaxis. In addition, Jake Solomon, creative director on Midnight Suns, is also leaving the studio, which is owned by Take-Two Interactive’s 2K label. While Midnight Suns got good reviews, Take-Two said sales fell short of expectations.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.