Paul Steed

Developer BIO

Paul Steed is an industry veteran games artist that has been an Art Director, Game Designer, 3D modeler/Animator, Creative Director, CCO and now CEO.

Paul worked at Origin in the early to mid 90's before going to Id Software, where he was the modeling and animation department for the Quake franchise. He has also spent time at Iguana Entertainment, Virgin Interactive and WildTangent in addition to freelance and contracts stints.

He is a published author that has written three books (one revised) on character modelling and animation as well as a frequent speaker and advisory Board member for the Game Developer's Conference.

Recently, Paul worked in the technology group for Microsoft's Xbox as Creative Director helping launch Xbox 360 and XNA then spent a year as the Creative Director for publisher Atari, Inc.

Now Steed is the founder and CEO of Exigent, an art outsource company with studios in New Delhi and Beijing.

Websites

• Wikipedia -- Paul Steed profile on Wikipedia
• Gamasutra Interview -- Gamasutra Interview with Paul Steed, Nov 28, 2005.
• "The Goddess" interviews Paul Steed -- Nov. 2001
• Thinking Outside the Box -- Tutorials, rants and lots of other 'very-opiniated' articles by Paul Steed.

Games Credited

Kwari (2008), Kwari (IOM) Limited
Neverwinter Nights 2 (Gold) (2008), Atari, Inc.
Test Drive Unlimited (2007), Atari, Inc.
BattleZone (2006), Atari, Inc.
Driver: Parallel Lines (2006), Atari, Inc.
Marc Ecko's Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure (2006), Atari, Inc.
Neverwinter Nights 2 (2006), Atari, Inc.
Shadow Ops: Red Mercury (2004), Atari, Inc.
Return to Castle Wolfenstein: Operation Resurrection (2003), Activision Publishing, Inc.
Betty Bad (2002), WildTangent, Inc.
Return to Castle Wolfenstein (Game of the Year) (2002), Activision Publishing, Inc.
Return to Castle Wolfenstein (2001), Activision Publishing, Inc.
Quake III: Team Arena (2000), id Software, Inc.
Kingpin: Life of Crime (1999), Interplay Entertainment Corp.
Quake II (1999), Activision, Inc.
Quake III: Arena (1999), Activision, Inc.
Quake II Mission Pack: Ground Zero (1998), id Software, Inc.
Quake II Mission Pack: The Reckoning (1998), Activision, Inc.
iM1A2 Abrams (1997), Interactive Magic
Quake II (1997), Activision, Inc.
Quake Mission Pack No 1: Scourge of Armagon (1997), id Software, Inc.
Quake Mission Pack No 2: Dissolution of Eternity (1997), id Software, Inc.
Quake (1996), id Software, Inc.
Wing Commander IV: The Price of Freedom (1996), Electronic Arts, Inc.
BioForge (1995), ORIGIN Systems, Inc.
Wings of Glory (1995), Electronic Arts, Inc.
Wing Commander Armada (1994), Dong Seo Interactive
Wing Commander III: Heart of the Tiger (1994), Electronic Arts, Inc.
Strike Commander (1993), Electronic Arts, Inc., ORIGIN Systems, Inc.
Strike Commander (CD-ROM Edition) (1993), ORIGIN Systems, Inc.
Strike Commander: Tactical Operations (1993), Electronic Arts, Inc.