Scott Miller Email & Phone Number

Tim Sweeney, Founder & CEO, Epic Games: "Scott's work in recruiting and managing great teams and building an effective business model was a constant source of inspiration.”John Romero, co-founder of Id Software, wrote in his memoir, Doom Guy (2023): "[When we sent Scott our new scrolling engine demo] he got it, understood it's potential, and said 'I need you guys to make a new game with this tech!' I loved what I was hearing. We really valued Scott's input, he was an ideal partner."Richard Moss, author of Shareware Heroes (2023), wrote: "The Apogee model changed everything. It either led to or helped bring to life Duke Nukem, DOOM (and everything else Id ever made), game modding, Epic Games, the popularization of game demos, and the rise of free-to-play (with microtransactions drawn from the coin-op biz)."Games bio: Turbo Overkill, Duke Nukem, Bread & Fred, Wolfenstein 3D, Max Payne 1 & 2, Shadow Warrior, Prey, Blood, Raptor, Descent, Rise of the Triad, Commander Keen. Scott also created the Shelly "Bombshell" character (seen in Ion Fury, by Voidpoint).Scott Miller is a gaming pioneer who's still going strong. He pioneered online distribution of games (via shareware), game demos, indie publishing, and through his company Apogee he co-created and produced numerous stellar hit franchises that have earned 2 billion dollars commercially, including the world's first 3D shooter Wolfenstein 3D, and also Duke Nukem, Max Payne 1 & 2, Rise of the Triad, Shadow Warrior, & Prey -- all of these are ongoing global franchises.Miller also co-founded Gathering of Developers, an indie-focused publisher bought by Take-Two. Apogee's Max Payne was Gathering of Developers biggest hit.Miller is a management & team leader and a serious student of storyverse creation and character design. One of Miller's strengths is coming up with unique hooks and ideas that are truly innovative, such as bullet-time (in Max Payne), portals (in Prey), and standout characters like Duke Nukem, Bombshell (Ion Fury, Phantom Fury) and Shadow Warrior.In 2021 Miller relaunched his original company renamed to Apogee Entertainment, as the original indie publisher (ApogeeEnt.com) with longtime biz partner, Terry Nagy. Apogee continues to find and fund the next generation of evergreen franchises.(Note that Apogee's "3D Realms" sub-label created by Scott in 1994, was sold to an investor in Denmark in 2014 and from that point the brand has been run by new owners/managers who played no role in the original company's success or Apogee's line-up of hit games in the 90's and 2000's.)

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