BabyHeadCrab
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ITT I'd like to discuss game developers, who they work for (or who works for them), what made them famous. I'll begin with developers that have made a huge difference in my life, and should any of you wish for me to add the OP, I will gladly to so. I plan to regularly update this thread throughout the next few months.
Post any corrections/comments and additions and I'll continue to update the OP. I hope to eventually have this place as a reference for myself and others to keep up with our favorite devs.
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Will Wright
Famous For: Sim City, Sim City 2000, The Sims, also credited as the founder of modern 'sim' games.
Current Employer: Maxis/EA
In the works: Spore
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Shigeru Miyamoto
Famous For: Super Mario Brothers, The Legend of Zelda, Donkey Kong, Star Fox, and many other innovative and generally ground breaking titles.
Current Employer: General Manager, Nintendo Entertainment (Analysis and Development) [Source]
In the works: Super Mario Galaxy
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Hideo Kojima
Famous For: Metal Gear Series, and production of Zone of the Enders
Current Employer: Kojima Productions (head)
In the works:: Project S, Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots, and Metal Gear Online
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Chris Taylor
Famous For: Total Annihilation, Supreme Commander, Dungeon Seige
Current Employer: Gas Powered Games (co-founder)
In the Works: Space Seige (next gen space RPG)
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Gabe Newell
Famous For: Half-Life, Half-Life 2, Source engine, and also content delivery Steam.
Current Employer: Valve Corporation (co-founder, director)
In the works: The Orange Box
* Half-Life 2: Episode Two
* Portal
* Team Fortress 2
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Tim Schafer
Famous For: Psychonauts, Secret of Monkey Island, Day of the Tentacle, Full Throttle, Grim Fandango
Current Employer: Double Fine Productions (founder, game designer)
In the works: Mysterious New Project (Unnamed, but he has hinted at it)
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John D. Carmack
Famous For: Commander Keen, Wolfenstein 3D, Doom and Quake. John is the father of FPS as we know it, known across the industry for his coding genius and engine technologies. Oh yeah and he drives a Ferrari. On top of all this he also heads up an Aerospace development team. John is an advocate of open source technology and has released several of his previous game engines to the public.
Current Employer: Id Software (co-founder), Armadillo Aerospace (founder)
In the Works: Id Tech 5 (game engine), Rage, as well as yet to be named console project(s)
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Randy Pitchford
Famous For: Half-Life expansion packs (and ports) notably Opposing Force, Brothers in Arms titles, some of the 3D Realms titles.
Current Employer: Gearbox Software (one of the founders, now president)
In the works: Untitled Aliens Game, Borderlands, Brothers in Arms: Hell's Highway
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Michael Ancel
Famous For: Rayman 2: the Great Escape, Beyond Good and Evil, King Kong (movie game)
Current Employer: Ubisoft, though rumor has it he has departed to look elsewhere.
In the Works: unkown
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Peter Molyneux
Famous For: Populous, Black&White, Fable, The Movies and more.
Current Employer: Lionhead Studios (acquired by Microsoft Game Studios, but still develop games independently, much like Bungie and Gas Powered Games)
In the Works:: Fable 2, as well as a yet to be named project.
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Ken Levine
Famous For: Thief: The Dark Project, System Shock 2, Freedom Force, and many more. Most recently is of course; Bioshock
Current Employer: 2K Games
In the Works Ken has expressed interest in continuing work in the setting of Rapture, the underwater Dystopia featured in Bioshock, but hasn't made any official announcements at this time.
NOTICE:
MUCH more to come, thread is a WIP - just have to go to bed for the night! By the end I hope to have 30+ developers and current projects listed.
Post any corrections/comments and additions and I'll continue to update the OP. I hope to eventually have this place as a reference for myself and others to keep up with our favorite devs.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Will Wright
Famous For: Sim City, Sim City 2000, The Sims, also credited as the founder of modern 'sim' games.
Current Employer: Maxis/EA
In the works: Spore
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Shigeru Miyamoto
Famous For: Super Mario Brothers, The Legend of Zelda, Donkey Kong, Star Fox, and many other innovative and generally ground breaking titles.
Current Employer: General Manager, Nintendo Entertainment (Analysis and Development) [Source]
In the works: Super Mario Galaxy
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Hideo Kojima
Famous For: Metal Gear Series, and production of Zone of the Enders
Current Employer: Kojima Productions (head)
In the works:: Project S, Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots, and Metal Gear Online
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Chris Taylor
Famous For: Total Annihilation, Supreme Commander, Dungeon Seige
Current Employer: Gas Powered Games (co-founder)
In the Works: Space Seige (next gen space RPG)
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Gabe Newell
Famous For: Half-Life, Half-Life 2, Source engine, and also content delivery Steam.
Current Employer: Valve Corporation (co-founder, director)
In the works: The Orange Box
* Half-Life 2: Episode Two
* Portal
* Team Fortress 2
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Tim Schafer
Famous For: Psychonauts, Secret of Monkey Island, Day of the Tentacle, Full Throttle, Grim Fandango
Current Employer: Double Fine Productions (founder, game designer)
In the works: Mysterious New Project (Unnamed, but he has hinted at it)
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John D. Carmack
Famous For: Commander Keen, Wolfenstein 3D, Doom and Quake. John is the father of FPS as we know it, known across the industry for his coding genius and engine technologies. Oh yeah and he drives a Ferrari. On top of all this he also heads up an Aerospace development team. John is an advocate of open source technology and has released several of his previous game engines to the public.
Current Employer: Id Software (co-founder), Armadillo Aerospace (founder)
In the Works: Id Tech 5 (game engine), Rage, as well as yet to be named console project(s)
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Randy Pitchford
Famous For: Half-Life expansion packs (and ports) notably Opposing Force, Brothers in Arms titles, some of the 3D Realms titles.
Current Employer: Gearbox Software (one of the founders, now president)
In the works: Untitled Aliens Game, Borderlands, Brothers in Arms: Hell's Highway
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Michael Ancel
Famous For: Rayman 2: the Great Escape, Beyond Good and Evil, King Kong (movie game)
Current Employer: Ubisoft, though rumor has it he has departed to look elsewhere.
In the Works: unkown
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Peter Molyneux
Famous For: Populous, Black&White, Fable, The Movies and more.
Current Employer: Lionhead Studios (acquired by Microsoft Game Studios, but still develop games independently, much like Bungie and Gas Powered Games)
In the Works:: Fable 2, as well as a yet to be named project.
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Ken Levine
Famous For: Thief: The Dark Project, System Shock 2, Freedom Force, and many more. Most recently is of course; Bioshock
Current Employer: 2K Games
In the Works Ken has expressed interest in continuing work in the setting of Rapture, the underwater Dystopia featured in Bioshock, but hasn't made any official announcements at this time.
NOTICE:
MUCH more to come, thread is a WIP - just have to go to bed for the night! By the end I hope to have 30+ developers and current projects listed.
