Casey Hudson

Casey Hudson is a Canadian video game developer, known for his work on several of BioWare's video games, and mainly the Mass Effect trilogy as game director.

Casey Hudson
NationalityCanadian
Alma materUniversity of Alberta
OccupationGame developer
Known forStar Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
Mass Effect trilogy

Biography

After obtaining a degree in mechanical engineering,[1] Hudson began his career at the Canadian video game developer BioWare with credits as a technical artist on several games, including MDK 2.[2] He eventually became the project director of Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic.[2] Hudson fulfilled the same role in the development of the Mass Effect trilogy,[2] a series of games based on a new science fiction intellectual property.

On August 7, 2014, Hudson left BioWare to pursue other projects.[3] On May 18, 2015, Microsoft announced that Hudson had joined their video game production wing at Microsoft Studios as creative director.[4] On July 18, 2017, Hudson announced that he had returned to BioWare and replaced Aaryn Flynn as general manager for the studio.[5]

Hudson announced he was departing BioWare a second time on December 3, 2020.[6]

In June 2021, Hudson announced that he has established a new game development studio, Humanoid Studios, that is currently working on a new IP.[7]

Games

References
  1. Bioware (15 December 2020). BioWare: Stories and Secrets from 25 Years of Game Development. ISBN 9781506718804.
  2. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-11-09. Retrieved 2013-07-20.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. Moser, Cassidee (2014-08-07). "Mass Effect Creator Leaves BioWare". IGN. Retrieved 2017-08-08.
  4. Tuttle, Will; Chief, Xbox Wire Editor in (18 May 2015). "Casey Hudson Joins Microsoft as Creative Director at Microsoft Studios". Xbox Wire. Retrieved 2017-08-08. {{cite web}}: |first2= has generic name (help)
  5. Hudson, Author-Casey (2017-07-18). "Coming Home". BioWare Blog. Retrieved 2017-07-18. {{cite web}}: |first= has generic name (help)
  6. Parrish, Ash (December 3, 2020). "BioWare Studio Head, Dragon Age Producer Both Leave Studio". Kotaku. Retrieved December 3, 2020.
  7. Makuch, Eddie (June 29, 2021). "BioWare Veteran Casey Hudson Launches Studio Working On New IP". GameSpot.
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