Daniel Irish
aka:
Dan Irish
Moby ID: 32691
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While most kids at age 13 play video games after school, Dan was busy taking college night courses, arming himself with skills to make video games. From the moment he graduated high school Dan has been passionately involved in the video game industry. He's held various positions with leading edge software publisher/developer companies such as Spectrum HoloByte, Rocket Science Games, SegaSoft, Mattel Interactive, The Learning Company, and UbiSoft Entertainment, and the award-winning Relic Entertainment.
As a highly successful consultant, he has worked with a number of clients in the entertainment software industry, such as Dreamworks Interactive, Evans & Sutherland, and Auran Pty Games Ltd. An accomplished writer, he has authored several game industry books with publishers Sybex, Inc., and Prima Games, a division of Random House.
Under his vision and leadership as Executive Producer of Relic Entertainment, he was responsible for the highly successful Homeworld 2 which was nominated for several industry awards including Best RTS Game at E3 2003. Prior to that, Dan directed the Myst/Riven franchise. This included Myst III: Exile, REAL Myst, and Myst (Masterpiece Edition). Myst III: Exile was nominated for several AIAS (Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences) awards including Best Original Story, Best Original Music Score and Best Adventure Game.
Dan is currently CEO of Threewave Software, Inc. and remains committed to producing excellent and innovative entertainment software, with a long-term aspiration of to keeping Threewave as an industry leader.
Credited on 31 games
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| The Expanse: A Telltale Series (2023, Windows) | CFO |
| Ghostbusters: The Video Game - Remastered (2019, Windows) | CEO |
| Homeworld: Deserts of Kharak (2016, Windows) | Special Thanks |
| Homeworld: Remastered Collection (2015, Windows) | Special Thanks |
| Army of Two: The 40th Day (2010, PlayStation 3) | Chief Executive Officer |
| Sword of the Stars: Argos Naval Yard (2009, Windows) | Special Thanks |
| Ghostbusters: The Video Game (2009, Xbox 360) | CEO |
| Sword of the Stars: A Murder of Crows (2008, Windows) | Special Thanks |
| Army of Two (2008, Xbox 360) | Threewave Software |
| Fury (2007, Windows) | Special Thanks |
| Sword of the Stars: Born of Blood (2007, Windows) | Special Thanks |
| Private Eye: Greatest Unsolved Mysteries (2007, Windows) | Chief Executive Officer |
| Sword of the Stars (2006, Windows) | Special Thanks |
| The Outfit (2006, Xbox 360) | Manual Writer |
| Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Game of the Year (2005, Windows) | Instruction Manual |
| Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Winter Assault (2005, Windows) | Instruction Manual |
| Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War (2004, Windows) | Instruction Manual |
| Homeworld 2 (2003, Windows) | Produced by |
| Myst III: Exile (2001, Macintosh) | Producer |
| Championship Surfer (2000, Dreamcast) | Special Thanks! |
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Frequent Collaborators
People- 8 games with Rob Cunningham
- 8 games with Greg Sabitz
- 8 games with Randy Lukashuk
- 8 games with Stéphane Morichère-Matte
- 7 games with Paul Ruskay
- 7 games with Frank Roberts
- 7 games with Rob Plotnikoff
- 7 games with Carol Richards
- 7 games with Kathy Gibson
- 7 games with Rob Edgar
Companies
- 10 games with Valve Corporation
- 6 games with Epic Games, Inc.
- 4 games with Relic Entertainment Inc
- 4 games with THQ Inc.
- 4 games with MicroProse (Alameda)
- 3 games with Studio X Labs
- 3 games with Sony DADC Europe GmbH
- 3 games with Ubisoft Entertainment SA
- 3 games with Computer Games Distribution, s.r.o.
- 3 games with Cyan Worlds, Inc.
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