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Game creator, entrepreneur and studio executive with 28+ years of international industry experience. Started and sold two gaming studios and created and released three MMOs.Started out as editor in chief for various print gaming magazines and internet gaming sites. Started game design to make online games, feeling it was the future.Creator, Creative Director and Executive Producer of MMO franchise Darkfall at Razorwax in Oslo, Norway and at Aventurine in Athens, Greece - Filled Chief Creative Officer role for 12 years as main creative engine of AV. The franchise has seen three incarnations so far, with Darkfall: Rise of Agon being the latest by Big Picture Games, Canada.At Jagex (Runescape), I was the creative lead on a new project development team conceptualizing and pitching online games, and became the lead designer on an unannounced MMO project when it was green-lit by the Jagex board in May 2015. This project was to be a spiritual successor to Runescape. My project was greenlit by the Jagex board.At CCP I was the first developer when the HQ moved to London. I was helping build the new studio, getting new hires interviewed and integrated, pitching innovative MMO prototypes to the executive team, designing gameplay, and launching projects off the ground. My "spiritual successor" to EvE MMO project was greenlit by the CCP board in December 2016, and we started building the game in full shortly after.Platforms: PC, mobile, consoleStudio & team management, recruitment, new IPs, project creator & vision holder, creative direction, production, staffing, lead design, core gameplay, combat systems, RPG systems, new concept development & pitching, prototyping, mentoring- Creator, founder and CEO, Chief Creative Officer, Creative Director, Lead Designer, Executive Producer of MMO franchise Darkfall and studios Aventurine, Greece and Razorwax, Norway - over a period of almost 14 years- Darkfall sold more than 250.000 copies worldwide (excluding f2p Asia)- Franchise overall played by more than one million players- Darkfall released in Europe, North America and as free to play in Asia (with Mgame)- Praised for innovative gameplay, deep metagame and exceptional PvP and combat- Thousands of fan made gameplay videos on YouTube- Designed three major expansions for Darkfall- Partner and member of Aventurine SA executive group for 12 years- Founded and ran gaming studio Razorwax as CEO, lead designer & executive produce- Founded Sensiga Ltd as CEO/Creative Director late 2017
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Ceo And Creative DirectorSensigaOslo, No
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Ceo & Creative DirectorSensiga Jan 2018 - PresentSki, Viken, Norway- Captaining an awesome team of veteran game developers on a mission to hyper-innovate in the MMO/Games as a service space
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Lead DesignerCcp Sep 2016 - Dec 2017London, United Kingdom- Working with company executive team, building our new London studio- Getting new projects conceptualized and off the ground -
Project LeadGame Startup Project Feb 2016 - Sep 2016Cambridge, United Kingdom- Game startup project in cooperation with Improbable and Rock Pocket Games- Concept for a new type of online PvP strategy game (PC/Mobile)
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Lead DesignerJagex Oct 2014 - Feb 2016Cambridge, United Kingdom- Creative lead on a new project development team conceptualizing and pitching online games- My team pitched several MMO size projects to executive team/board- Team size was 8 at start, grew to 12- We used Unity, Unreal Engine 4 and SpatialOS at various stages- We made 14 gameplay prototypes for mobile/PC, some at vertical slice level- Our concepts and prototypes were well received across the studio and by external consultants- Became vision holder and lead designer on unannounced MMO project when it was green-lit by the board- Initiated and progressed strategy proposals and strategic partnerships for the company, often co-operating with strategy team and VPs- Scouted and helped attract top level talent to the studio, co-operating with HR and recruitment team- Helped identify internal talent, mentoring them into bigger tasks and roles- Left to pursue startup game project opportunity -
Chief Creative Officer & Co-FounderAventurine Nov 2002 - Apr 2014Marousi, Athens- Filled chief creative officer role for 12 years, as executive partner and main creative engine at the company- Creator and creative director/lead designer/executive producer of MMO franchise Darkfall- Darkfall sold more than 200.000 copies worldwide (excluding f2p Asia)- Franchise overall played by more than one million players- Darkfall released in Europe, North America and as free to play in Asia (with Mgame)- It was praised for innovative gameplay, deep metagame and exceptional PvP- The game won several awards for its gameplay innovations and PvP focus- Designed three major expansions for Darkfall- Darkfall: Unholy Wars (DF2) was pushed by Valve as first MMO subscription game on Steam- Darkfall: Unholy Wars was in and out of the Steam MMO top 5 bestseller list years after release- Partner and member of Aventurine SA executive team- At its height Aventurine employed 60 people- Company sold to mobile marketing/digital entertainment company InternetQ (LSE: INTQ) in 2012
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Lead Designer & Executive ProducerAventurine Sa Oct 2002 - Apr 2014Greece- Designed most core gameplay, metagames and systems for Darkfall- Involved in and responsible for all creative and production aspects and decisions on the game- Lead team of up to 8 designers and world builders- Overall team size was 11 and grew to 30- It attracted a 300.000 strong pre-game community of fanatic followers on our forums- Was ranked as one of the most anticipated games at MMORPG.com for years- With thousands of fan made gameplay videos of Darkfall on Youtube***- I co-founded and ran semi-notorious PvP gaming guild Kill Cult for 10 years, which had 55 veteran gamers at it's height. We shared many fantastic and almost unexplainable experiences, that mean nothing to anyone but us. I miss those days often, and use it as a huge source of game design inspiration. We played MMOs and other large scale multiplayer games. Oldschool internet PKs, who grew up and got jobs.We mainly played things like AC, Shadowbane, DaoC, Guild Wars and towards the end Darkfall - PvP MMOs- Attained WN2924 rating (top 99.99% - Super Unicum) in a BT-7 with 72% win rate, World of Tanks- WN2487 rating overall (top 99.90% - Unicum) with 62.08% win rate, World of Tanks
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Ceo, Lead Designer, Executive Producer & FounderRazorwax As Jan 2000 - Oct 2002Oslo Area, Norway- Founded and ran gaming studio Razorwax as CEO, lead designer & executive producer- Conceptualized Darkfall as sole full time game designer/producer- Designed and produced two playable prototypes during pre-production- Lead us to successful VC funding from Intermedia Invest AS- We later sold the company to Aventurine SA and merged the two studios- Moved from Norway to Greece with our entire die-hard 11 man team and our families***- Besides MMOs (Asheron's Call, DaoC) - I mainly played Counter-strike with the rest of the development team during breaks. We took a lot of inspiration from CS, Quake 3, AC1 for the flow and feel of the Darkfall combat system - how mounts, ships, cannons and vehicles should work we gratefully learned from Battlefield 1942.
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Strategic Consultant GamesBritish Telecom/Wireplay Jul 1999 - Sep 1999London, United Kingdom- Strategic consultant (contract), helping BT with their gaming service Wireplay***This was during my Everquest/Asheron's Call period. Thousands of hours...
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Editor - Gaming Magazine (Web)Telenor Link - Games As Dec 1997 - Jul 1999Oslo Area, Norway- Head hunted internally to help out a new internet gaming investment by Telenor branch Link- Project turned into a private company which was sold to a gambling company in the charity sector***- Multiplayer over internet was becoming an industry standard, and I competed in PvP ladder leagues for Warcraft 2, Age of Empires, Quake II, and others- Attained 3rd place individual finish in European Quake II CTF ladder- Spent thousands of hours playing early MMOs The Realm, UO, EQ -
Editor In Chief - Gaming Magazine (Web)Telenor Media May 1996 - Dec 1997Oslo Area, Norway- Gaming magazine on web, as part of a big internet content portal investment by national telecom company Telenor- Project turned into private company Origo AS, which was eventually sold to media giant A-Pressen***- Playing multiplayer games on the internet over Kali was some of the most fun gaming moments I ever had to this point- Won Norwegian Warcraft 2 1996 - 1 vs 1 ladder series- Ultima Online and Diablo both made lasting impressions on me
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Editor In Chief - Gaming Magazine (Monthly Print)Giga As Apr 1995 - May 1996Oslo Area, Norway- As Editor in Chief of Giga, helped make it a leading Scandinavian gaming magazine- Helped make Giga attractive enough to be sold to major publishing house (Egmont - Hjemmet Mortensen)- Giga was merged into competing gaming magazine Tekno after the buyout***- During this time I helped design two pioneering online games on the side - Metal Knights and Illusia (in minor unimportant and unpaid roles)
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Freelance WriterJournalist - Mainly Gaming, Art/Design, Movies May 1993 - Apr 1995Oslo Area, Norway- Magazines such as Natt & Dag, Urban, Warp, Giga, Tekno, Resume, Spillkongen- Mostly reviewing games/movies, interviews with Norwegian groups/bands, writing about business/marketing for Resume***- During this time I discovered MUDs and started playing 1 vs 1 Doom multiplayer deathmatch with cables. It was eye opening- I made some of my first Darkfall notes in Word Perfect on an old Toshiba laptop. I was planning to use a top down view I remember, and I am pretty sure the combat was turn-based initially
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Sports & Fitness Instructor (Obligatory Service)Royal Norwegian Air Force May 1993 - Jan 1994Norway- Obligatory military service in the Norwegian Air Force- After 3 months of basic training (boot camp), I was stationed at an F16 Airbase as a sports & fitness instructor***- My strongest gaming memory from this period is playing UFO: Enemy Unknown, finishing it in an epic one week hotseat co-op multiplayer (fancy way of saying we played it in shifts) with my friend during leave from the military. We took turns sleeping in a chair next to the PC. What a week - we saved humanity! -
Seriesekretær (National League Manager)Norges Bandyforbund Sep 1992 - Mar 1993Oslo Area, Norway- My job was to help run the national bandy league of Norway for the Norwegian Bandy Association- Helped organize and run the 1993 World Bandy Championships, hosted in Hamar, Norway- Maintained and evolved the database of all local bandy organizations and match result cards- Designed and wrote several of the organizations official papers, documents and manuals- These were used nationally for years- The position was seasonal (7 months of autumn/winter)***- My friends and I played hotseat multiplayer strategy games, board games and D&D- I also designed a simple board game on the side, which a major Norwegian comic publisher showed mild interest in -
Head Of Sales - Local Tv NetworkNorsk Satelitt Studio As Aug 1990 - Sep 1991Oslo Area, Norway- As my first job out of school, tried my luck selling TV ads for a local TV network in Oslo- Broke company record for new sales on my first day at work- Got offered Head of Sales shortly after- Lead a team of up to five sales representatives, selling TV adds on our network - Company was eventually merged into a bigger TV network***- I ran a small BBS on the side from the money I made, fascinated by Open Door multiplayer games and possibilities for the future- I was in a regular weekly D&D group for 10 years, and sometimes GMed for my friends- My most memorable hero was an AD&D half-elf fighter named Delian
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