John Smedley

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John Smedley is President of Sony Online Entertainment and co-founder of Verant Interactive, Inc. He has over 12 years of experience in the gaming industry. Mr. Smedley's start in the gaming industry began in 1989 when he worked as a programmer for ATG.

Shortly after developing his first game (Qix) for the Apple IIe, Mr. Smedley founded and his own company called Knight Technologies. At Knight Technologies, he developed various contract games like Double Dragon (Atari Lynx), Dirty Larry Renegade Cop (Atari Lynx), Qix (Atari Lynx), Keys to Maramon (Amiga) and Kawasaki Carribean Challenge (SNES). Mr. Smedley also served as Director of Development for five years at 989 Studios and began a PC Group that evolved into Verant Interactive, now Sony Online Entertainment.

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Games Credited

James Bond: Top Agent (2008), Sony Pictures Mobile
EverQuest II: Rise of Kunark (2007), Sony Online Entertainment Inc.
EverQuest: The Buried Sea (2007), Sony Online Entertainment Inc.
Vanguard: Saga of Heroes (2007), Sony Online Entertainment Inc.
EverQuest II: Echoes of Faydwer (2006), Sony Online Entertainment Inc.
EverQuest II: Kingdom of Sky (2006), Sony Online Entertainment Inc.
EverQuest: Prophecy of Ro (2006), Sony Online Entertainment Inc.
Field Commander (2006), Sony Online Entertainment Inc.
Star Wars: Galaxies - The Complete Online Adventures (2006), LucasArts
Untold Legends: Dark Kingdom (2006), Sony Online Entertainment Inc.
Untold Legends: The Warrior's Code (2006), Sony Online Entertainment Inc.
Brian Lara International Cricket 2005 (2005), Codemasters
Champions: Return to Arms (2005), Sony Online Entertainment Inc.
EverQuest: Depths of Darkhollow (2005), Sony Online Entertainment Inc.
EverQuest II: Desert of Flames (2005), Sony Online Entertainment Inc.
Frantix (2005), Platform Publishing
GripShift (2005), Platform Publishing, Red Mile Entertainment, Inc.
Star Wars: Galaxies - Episode III Rage of the Wookiees (2005), LucasArts
Star Wars: Galaxies - The Total Experience (2005), LucasArts
Star Wars: Galaxies - Trials of Obi-Wan (2005), LucasArts Entertainment Company LLC
Untold Legends: Brotherhood of the Blade (2005), Sony Online Entertainment Inc.
EverQuest: Gates of Discord (2004), Sony Online Entertainment Inc.
EverQuest II (2004), Sony Online Entertainment Inc.
EverQuest: Omens of War (2004), Sony Online Entertainment Inc.
Star Wars: Galaxies - Jump to Lightspeed (2004), LucasArts
EverQuest Online Adventures (2003), Sony Online Entertainment Inc.
Lords of Everquest (2003), Sony Online Entertainment Inc.
PlanetSide (2003), Sony Online Entertainment Inc.
Star Wars: Galaxies - An Empire Divided (2003), LucasArts
EverQuest: The Ruins of Kunark (2000), Sony Online Entertainment Inc.
EverQuest (1999), 989 Studios
Microsoft International Soccer 2000 (1999), Microsoft Corporation
Millennium Soldier: Expendable (1998), Rage Games Ltd.
CART World Series (1997), SCEA
Rally Cross (1997), SCEA
Rosco McQueen Firefighter Extreme (1997), SCEE
Steel Reign (1997), SCEA
Tanarus (1997), Sony Interactive Studios America
NHL FaceOff (1996), Sony Computer Entertainment America, Inc.
CyberStrike (1994), MicroProse Software, Inc.
ESPN Baseball Tonight (1994), Sony Imagesoft
ESPN National Hockey Night (1994), Sony Imagesoft
Kawasaki Caribbean Challenge (1993), GameTek, Inc.