American video game artist, designer, director and producer
Glen Schofield is an American video game artist, designer, director, and producer. He 4️⃣ was formerly the vice president and general manager at Visceral Games, co-founder of Sledgehammer Games, founder and former CEO of 4️⃣ Striking Distance Studios,[1] and the creator and executive producer of the third-person survival horror video game Dead Space.
Career [ edit 4️⃣ ]
Schofield trained in both fine arts and business, earning a BFA from Pratt Institute and an MBA from Golden Gate 4️⃣ University. His career began as an artist and art director with the New Jersey video game company Absolute Entertainment. He 4️⃣ then relocated to Seattle to join the West Coast's burgeoning video games industry.[2] His professional influences included Asteroids, Moon Patrol, 4️⃣ Gunstar Heroes, Disruptor and the Contra series, followed later by Resident Evil, Gears of War, and the franchise he would 4️⃣ eventually contribute to, Modern Warfare.[3]
As a vice president at Crystal Dynamics, Schofield headed development on two of the studio's franchises: 4️⃣ Gex and Legacy of Kain. Moving to EA Redwood Studios (later Visceral Games) as general manager, he collaborated with Bret 4️⃣ Robbins, including the popular Lord of the Rings video series and 007: From Russia with Love.[2]
Schofield's reputation grew with the 4️⃣ 2008 title Dead Space, which the magazine Edge called "a work of passionate sci-fi horror that became one of most 4️⃣ commercially successful new properties of the year."[4] Schofield has said that the film Event Horizon inspired him to create a 4️⃣ game that fused the genres of science fiction and horror. The game's theme of humans in space losing perspective to 4️⃣ their place in the universe is influenced by the works of Isaac Asimov and Arthur C. Clarke, after whom the 4️⃣ game character Isaac Clarke was named.[5][6]
Schofield, executive producer on the project, worked with Michael Condrey, senior development director. The game 4️⃣ launched a franchise of sequels, comics, novels and films, and went on to win more than 80 industry awards, including 4️⃣ the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences' Action Game of the Year and two awards from the British Academy of 4️⃣ Film and Television Arts. During his time at EA Redwood Studios, the studio was ranked 17th in the top 50 4️⃣ Game Developers List of 2009 by Game Developer Research.[7] Edge named him one of the Hot 100 Game Developers of 4️⃣ 2009.[8][4]
Schofield (left) and Michael Condrey at the Sledgehammer headquarters, 2009
In 2009, Schofield and Condrey created Sledgehammer Games, with Schofield as 4️⃣ general manager and Condrey as chief operating officer. They retained those roles when, that November, Activision acquired the company as 4️⃣ a wholly owned development studio operating on an independent model.[9]
Schofield was also a storyboard director and created over 100 characters 4️⃣ for the animated series The Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers.[citation needed]
In June 2024, Schofield announced that he was joining Krafton 4️⃣ as the CEO of a new development team called Striking Distance Studios. Under Schofield, the studio will be developing a 4️⃣ game with a narrative experience set in the PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds's universe.[10][11] The game would later drop this connection in May 4️⃣ of 2024, no longer being attached to the PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds universe.[12] The Callisto Protocol was revealed at The Game Awards 4️⃣ 2024 and planned for release in 2024.[13]
The Callisto Protocol failed to reach its anticipated sales goals, resulting in Schofield voluntarily 4️⃣ leaving Striking Distance Studios in September 2024.[14]
Personal life [ edit ]
Schofield is married and has three children. In his spare 4️⃣ time, he enjoys painting and exercising; he has said that he enjoys both cardio and weight training so much that 4️⃣ he will exercise once a day when working on a project with a deadline and twice a day when not.[3][15]
Games 4️⃣ [ edit ]
