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Bruce Straley is known for Uncharted 4: A Thief's End (2016), The Last of Us (2013) and Uncharted 2: Among Thieves (2009).- Writer
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Hideo Kojima was born August 24th, 1963 in Setagaya, Tokyo, later moving to Kobe and growing up there. His love of Americana gave him his major two interests of writing and creating film, which are the causes of why he is so well known today. During the mid 1980's, his interests pushed him to pursue looking for a career in film making, but a chance discovery of Nintendo's Entertainment System gave him an interest in videogames. Searching for a job at one of the many games companies in Japan, he ended up being hired by Konami Entertainment and shunted to work on the MSX home computer department. While this may have been a blow for the willing game planner, he took the opportunity to create a handful of games for the MSX such as Metal Gear (1987) and Snatcher (1988). During the early 1990's Kojima worked on various games which have become instant classics such as various other versions of Snatcher, and Policenauts for the PC, 3D0, Sega Saturn and Sony PlayStation, along with some various other work with two Tokimeki Memorial Drama Series games in 1997 and 1998. However he had some plans for another sequel to Metal Gear which he had been quietly working away on with a few others since working on Policenauts. First shown at the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3), Metal Gear Solid (1998) looked to being a major hit with many people. With each subsequent showing of the game due for release on PlayStation during 1998 caused more interest. To date Metal Gear Solid has sold over 5.5 Million copies and Kojima is widely recognized as a videogaming god, more so than the few who ever saw his previous work. Kojima himself is a very humble man, never letting his work effect his public attitude. He works long hours to strive for his goals, and always takes the time to talk to the press, sign autographs, or stay for an entire gaming show. He is always interested in the views his fans have of his work, and believes in anyone being able to create their dreams. With Zone of the Enders (2001) and Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty (2001), one of the most anticipated games ever, the world looks set to see more of Hideo's dreams come to life.- Director
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Dan Houser is a writer, director, and producer, known for Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (2002), Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (2004), Bully (2006), Grand Theft Auto IV (2008), Red Dead Redemption (2010), Max Payne 3 (2012), and Grand Theft Auto V (2013).
Houser is the co-founder and vice president of creativity for Rockstar Games. He also works as the head writer for Rockstar Games. He got his start working for BMG Interactive, where he and his brother Sam Houser took interest in a game titled "Race'n'Chase", developed by DMA Design. The brothers signed the game to BMG Interactive as the publishers and changed the title to "Grand Theft Auto". After BMG Interactive was sold to Take-Two, the brothers moved to New York and founded Rockstar Games together.- Producer
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Sam Houser was born in 1971 in London, England, UK. He is a producer and actor, known for Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (2004), Oni (2001) and L.A. Noire (2011). He has been married to Anouchka Benson since May 2003. They have two children.- Writer
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Sam Lake was born on 28 March 1970 in Finland. He is a writer and director, known for Alan Wake II (2023), Max Payne (2008) and Control (2019).- Director
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Josh Sawyer was born on 18 October 1975 in the USA. He is a director and writer, known for Pentiment (2022), Fallout: New Vegas (2010) and Pillars of Eternity (2015).- Writer
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Vince Zampella is the Head of Respawn Entertainment, a studio he co-founded in 2010 and that was acquired by EA in 2017, based in Chatsworth, CA. Zampella also leads the team at DICE LA, an EA studio based in Playa Vista, CA.
Respawn has created numerous critically acclaimed, best-selling games such as Titanfall, Titanfall 2, Apex Legends and STAR WARS Jedi: Fallen Order. Respawn is working on Medal of Honor: Above and Beyond exclusively for Oculus VR and it was recently revealed that DICE LA is working on an unannounced project.
As Head of Respawn and DICE LA, Zampella oversees the studios' game teams, providing guidance and support across their multiple projects. He is a key member of the EA Worldwide Studio organization's senior leadership and the founder of the Creative Counsel - a developer-led initiative to foster shared knowledge and collaboration across EA's development teams.
Prior to founding Respawn, Zampella co-created Infinity Ward - a studio specializing in military action shooters. Infinity Ward's creation, Call of Duty, was first published in 2003 by Activision and quickly became one of the industry's most prolific video game franchises.- Writer
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Toby Fox is a game developer and composer, most well know for his work on Undertale (2015) and for being a composer on Homestuck (2009) and Hiveswap (2017).
He was previously know as Radiation, is the founder of the Homestuck Music Contribution club and a contributor to the A Profound Waste of Time magazine.- Writer
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Thomas Grip is known for Amnesia: The Dark Descent (2010), Amnesia: Justine (2011) and Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs (2013).- Writer
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Ken Levine is known for BioShock (2007), BioShock Infinite (2013) and BioShock Infinite: Burial at Sea - Episode One (2013).- Producer
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Todd Howard was born on 6 October 1970 in Lower Macungie Township, Pennsylvania, USA. He is a producer and director, known for Fallout 3 (2008), Fallout 4 (2015) and The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (2006).- Additional Crew
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Jeffrey Kaplan is known for Overwatch (2016), World of Warcraft (2005) and StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm (2013).- Producer
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Leslie Benzies is known for Grand Theft Auto V (2013), Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy - The Definitive Edition (2021) and Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (2004).- Ralph H. Baer was born on 8 March 1922 in Pirmasens, Germany. He is known for Thumb Candy: The History of Computer Games (2001), The King of Arcades (2014) and Easy to Learn, Hard to Master: The Fate of Atari (2017). He was married to Dena Whinston. He died on 6 December 2014 in Manchester, New Hampshire, USA.
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John Carmack was born on 20 August 1970 in Roeland Park, Kansas, USA. He is a writer and producer, known for Orcs & Elves (2006), Doom (1993) and Return to Castle Wolfenstein (2001). He was previously married to Katherine Anna Kang.- Additional Crew
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John Romero is an award-winning game development icon whose work spans over 130 games, 108 of which have been published commercially. Romero is the "father of first person shooters" having led the design and contributed to the programming and audio design of the iconic and genre-defining games DOOM, Wolfenstein, Quake, Heretic and Hexen. Romero is also was also one of the earliest supporters of eSports and a current competitive DOOM and Quake player. To date, Romero has co-founded nine successful game companies including the likes of id Software. He is considered to be among the world's top game designers, and his products have won well over 100 awards. Romero most recently won the 2017 Lifetime Achievement award at the Fun & Serious Games Festival in Bilbao and the Legend Award at 2017's Develop: Brighton.- Additional Crew
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Shuhei Yoshida, a 30-plus-year Sony veteran and renowned software developer, has been with the PlayStation group since the project's inception more than 25 years ago.
In Sept. 2005, SCE Worldwide Studios was formed by gathering product development talents in all Sony Computer Entertainment regions, creating one of the largest product development groups in the industry, where Yoshida led operations in the US. He was appointed Vice President, Product Development, Sony Computer Entertainment America in April 2000, Sr. Vice President in February 2007, and then President of SCE Worldwide Studios (current SIE Worldwide Studios) in May 2008. He has overlooked all internal product development operations, including the 12 studios located worldwide in Fukuoka, Japan, Tokyo, Japan, Amsterdam, Netherlands, Cambridge UK, Guildford, UK, London, UK, Runcom, UK, Bend, US, Los Angeles, US, San Diego, US, San Mateo, US, and Santa Monica, US. Yoshida has overseen development of many global best-selling franchises, such as God of War®, Gran Turismo®, Hot Shots Golf®, inFAMOUS(TM), Journey(TM), Killzone®, LittleBigPlanet(TM), MLB: The Show(TM), SingStar®, The Last of Us(TM), and Uncharted. In Nov. 2019, Yoshida has left his role at WWS and become head of Indie initiative that will focus on nurturing external independent creators to ensure they have the tools, technology, and services to reach PlayStation's large community of gamers successfully.
Yoshida joined Sony Corporation in 1986 where he was involved in the corporate strategy group, as well as coordinating the PC business. He was one of the initial members of the PlayStation project in February 1993, where he held various high-profile positions in both the product development and third party relations arenas. Yoshida was among those responsible for the creation of Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.'s internal product development team. In the studio, he produced/executive produced Ape Escape®, Crash Bandicoot(TM), Gran Turismo®, ICO(TM), and The Legend of Dragoon® among others.
Yoshida earned his Bachelor of Science degree in economics from Kyoto University, Japan, and his master's degree in business administration from the University of California at Los Angeles.- Additional Crew
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British, born 1965 Elected 2021
Andrew House has been a member of the Board of Directors since May 2021. Andrew worked at Sony Corporation from 1990 to 2017 in various roles including President and CEO of Sony Interactive Entertainment; President and CEO of Sony Computer Entertainment Europe; and Chief Marketing Officer for Sony Corporation. Andrew currently serves as an independent non-executive Director of Nissan Motor Limited, and an advisory Board member of the leading hospitality technology provider Intelity, as well as being an executive mentor at Merryck & Co and working with private equity investment in the interactive entertainment space. Andrew graduated with a BA Hons degree in English Language and Literature from Oxford University. Member of the Audit Committee and the Remuneration Committee.
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Independent of the Company, management and independent of the major shareholders.- Ken Kutaragi is known for Gran Turismo 5: Prologue (2007) and Playstation Underground: Issue 3.2 (1999).
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Kaz Hirai is known for Gran Turismo 5: Prologue (2007), Tarzan (1999) and Attack of the Doc! (2023).- Additional Crew
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Mark Cerny was born on 24 August 1964 in Alameda, California, USA. He is a producer and director, known for Death Stranding Director's Cut (2021), Death Stranding (2019) and Spider-Man (2018).- Additional Crew
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Phil Spencer is executive vice president, Gaming at Microsoft. In this role, Spencer is accountable for leading Microsoft's gaming business across all devices and services. With his team and game development partners, Spencer continues to push the boundaries of creativity, technical innovation and fun across gaming genres, audiences and devices.
Spencer is both a passionate gamer and seasoned gaming executive serving more than 15 years in the gaming industry leading global business, creative and engineering teams. Spencer has held various roles across Microsoft including Head of Xbox, Corporate Vice President, Microsoft Studios, and GM, Microsoft Game Studios EMEA. In these roles, Spencer led the Xbox organization with the launches of Xbox One S and Xbox One X, the acquisition of Minecraft and influenced blockbuster game franchises from "Halo," "Gears of War," "Forza Motorsport," as well as Microsoft Publishing. He's also led the expansion of cross-platform gaming with Xbox Live, which now counts more than 50 million monthly active users.
Before beginning his career as an intern with Microsoft in 1988, Spencer earned his bachelor's degree from the University of Washington. He currently serves on the board of Entertainment Software Association and of The Paley Center for Media. Spencer has two daughters in college and lives with his wife in the Seattle area.- Director
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Sean Murray is known for No Man's Sky (2016) and Joe Danger (2010).