Greg Kasavin

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Gregory A. Kasavin (born August 21, 1977 in Moscow , Soviet Union ) is an American computer game journalist and developer .

biography

Kasavin graduated from the University of California, Berkeley . As a games journalist, he worked for Newtype Gaming Magazine and ran his own small website called Arcadia Magazine , on which he reviewed computer games and films. This earned him an internship at the online game magazine GameSpot , for which he worked from November 1996. Over the years he rose to become Site Director and Executive Editor. On January 3, 2007, GameSpot announced Kasavin's departure from the company.

Kasavin switched to game development and worked for EA Los Angeles as an associate producer on the PC version of Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars and as a producer on Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 and its expansion The Uprising . During his work for EA he was, among other things, the moderator of the so-called Command School , a format of the Command & Conquer TV web channel , in which players were given help on C&C games. He later took on a position as publishing producer for Spec Ops: The Line for 2K Games .

Kasavin currently works for Supergiant Games , a studio he co-founded , where he was the author and creative director for the title Bastion .

Games

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ GameSpot editor-in-chief resigns, now a developer ( English ) Retrieved on January 19 of 2007.
  2. ↑ Greg Kasavin bids farewell GameSpot - News at GameSpot
  3. ↑ Greg Kasavin's blog: To Live and Die in LA
  4. ^ Supergiant Games: Team
personal data
SURNAME Kasavin, Greg
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kasavin, Gregory A.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American computer game journalist and developer
DATE OF BIRTH August 21, 1977
PLACE OF BIRTH Moscow , Soviet Union