Chris Avellone

Developer BIO

After graduating from William and Mary, Chris worked as a freelancer for a number of Pen and Paper Role-Playing game companies before being hired by Interplay as a game designer.

Chris worked on most if not all of Black Isle’s internally developed projects, including Planescape: Torment (Lead Designer), Fallout 2, the whole Icewind Dale series, and Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance, among others. He also assisted Snowblind Studios on Champions of Norrath.

Chris was the Lead Designer on Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II - The Sith Lords, and is currently the co-owner and creative director at Obsidian Entertainment, where many from Black Isle Studios found refuge during the great collapse. He’s done a lot of RPGs and other games, occasionally writes comics (Star Wars Tales, Clone Wars Adventures), and has been hit on the head so many times he gets confused on what exactly he's worked on, but fortunately MobyGames has provided it below because they are cool.

Websites

• Chris "Cloudsong" Avellone -- on MySpace.com
• Matt Chat 62 -- Video interview with Chris Avellone about his early days as Pen & Paper scenario developer and his start into the computer game business

Games Credited

• Dungeon Siege III (2011), Square Enix, Inc.
• Fallout: New Vegas - Dead Money (2011), Bethesda Softworks LLC
• Fallout: New Vegas - Honest Hearts (2011), Bethesda Softworks LLC
• Fallout: New Vegas - Lonesome Road (2011), Bethesda Softworks LLC
• Fallout: New Vegas - Old World Blues (2011), Bethesda Softworks LLC
• Alpha Protocol (2010), SEGA Europe Ltd.
• Fallout: New Vegas (2010), Bethesda Softworks LLC
• Neverwinter Nights 2: Gold (2008), Atari, Inc.
• Neverwinter Nights 2: Storm of Zehir (2008), Atari, Inc.
• Neverwinter Nights 2: Mask of the Betrayer (2007), Atari Europe S.A.S.U.
• Neverwinter Nights 2 (2006), Akella
• Champions of Norrath (2004), Sony Online Entertainment Inc.
• Fallout: Brotherhood of Steel (2004), Interplay Entertainment Corp.
• Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II - The Sith Lords (2004), LucasArts
• Lionheart: Legacy of the Crusader (2003), Interplay Entertainment Corp.
• Icewind Dale II (2002), Interplay Entertainment Corp.
• Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance (2001), Interplay Entertainment Corp.
• Icewind Dale: Heart of Winter (2001), Interplay Entertainment Corp.
• Icewind Dale (2000), Interplay Entertainment Corp.
• Planescape: Torment (1999), Interplay Productions Ltd.
• Baldur's Gate (1998), Interplay Productions, Inc.
• Descent to Undermountain (1998), Interplay Productions Ltd.
• Fallout 2 (1998), Interplay Productions, Inc.
• Star Trek: Starfleet Academy (1997), Interplay Productions, Inc.
• Conquest of the New World (1996), Interplay Entertainment Corp.
• Conquest of the New World (Deluxe Edition) (1996), Interplay Productions, Inc.