Casey Hudson

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

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.

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 had established a new game development studio, Humanoid Origin, that was working on a new intellectual property[7] later to be revealed as Space Age: Parallax.[8] On November 25, 2024, Humanoid Origin announced its closure.[9]

Games

References

  1. ^ Bioware (December 15, 2020). BioWare: Stories and Secrets from 25 Years of Game Development. ISBN 9781506718804.
  2. ^ a b c "MDK 2 User Manual" (PDF). p. 24. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 9, 2013.
  3. ^ Moser, Cassidee (August 7, 2014). "Mass Effect Creator Leaves BioWare". IGN.com. Retrieved August 8, 2017.
  4. ^ Tuttle, Will (May 18, 2015). "Casey Hudson Joins Microsoft as Creative Director at Microsoft Studios". Xbox Wire. Retrieved August 8, 2017.
  5. ^ Hudson, Casey (July 18, 2017). "Coming Home". BioWare Blog. Retrieved July 18, 2017.
  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. Retrieved March 10, 2024.
  8. ^ "Trademark Status & Document Retrieval". tsdr.uspto.gov. Retrieved 2024-11-26.
  9. ^ "Humanoid Origin on LinkedIn: Earlier today, we informed our staff that Humanoid Origin will be shutting… | 82 comments". www.linkedin.com. Retrieved 2024-11-26.