Akila RedmerDeveloper BIOAJ Redmer is currently CEO of WeMade Entertainment USA. Headquartered in Seoul, Korea, WeMade Entertainment is best known for its Legend of Mir series of online MMO RPG's. With over 120 million online customers worldwide, Mir is one of the most commercially successful franchises of all-time. In addition to developing and operating several online games (Mir 2 & 3, Chang Chun, Master of Fantasy), WeMade Entertainment also owns Buddy Buddy (One of Korea's top SNS messenger sevices) and the professional sports franchise WeMade Fox.
Previously, he was General Manager of Microsoft Game Studios Asia based in Tokyo, Japan. He oversaw development and publishing of Microsoft-branded entertainment products for Xbox, Xbox 360 and Windows platforms in Japan, China, Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Singapore (Blue Dragon, Lost Odyssey, Ninety Nine Nights). Before that, he was General Manager overseeing four US-based Studios: Ensemble Studios (Age of Empires, Age of Mythology), Simulations (Flight Simulator, Train Simulator), FASA Studio (MechAssault, Crimson Skies), Digital Anvil (Brute Force, FreeLancer) along with MGS Japan (Blinx, Phantom Dust). Other duties that he has held at Microsoft include being part of the original kick-off team that created Xbox360 and heading up the Racing Studio during the creation of Project Gotham Racing, RalliSport Challenge, Midtown Madness 3 and Forza Motorsport.
Prior to joining Microsoft, AJ was a Director at Nintendo Software Technology (Ridge Racer 64, Pokémon Puzzle League, Bionic Commando, Crystalis). Formerly he co-founded Maxis Software (SkyChase, Sim City), was Director of Development at Lucasfilm Games (Loom, Monkey Island, Indiana Jones series, Star Wars series, Their Finest Hour) and Executive Director, R&D at Spectrum Holobyte (Falcon 3.0, Tertis, Star Trek: The Next Generation series).
AJ also served as Executive Vice President of Content and Engineering at WildTangent, Inc. during the development of Sea Life Safari and Polar Pool.
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