Roger F. A. Arias

Developer BIO

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT & PRODUCT ACQUISITIONS EXECUTIVE

Licensing & Acquisitions * Contract Negotiations * Corporate Liaison * Creative & Business Development * Production (Concept to Release) * Management * Speaker / Presenter

Product Acquisitions & Licensing Executive with over fifteen years experience in the software and games industry. Identified, licensed, designed or produced over 50 successful properties that aggregately generated over $300 million in revenues, including many hugely profitable franchises such as Dragonball Z, Yu Yu Hakusho, IMCA Dirt Track Racing, BeachHead, John Deere American Farmer, Red Orchestra, and many more.

A product visionary and proven leader adept at recognizing opportunity early, determining product employment strategy and maximizing profit potential.

Eighteen years of service as a United States Army Officer, and Aviator. As a Combat Veteran, Served as Platoon Leader, managing over 40 pilots, officers, and staff in peacetime as well as war. Achieved rank of Major while serving in the Arizona & Minnesota Army National Guard.

The following is a partial list of titles Roger has worked on in various capacities ranging from designing, contract negotiations, performing due diligence, hiring developers, obtaining IP/Branding and producing, (many in combination).

IMCA - Dirt Track Racing (DTR), World of Outlaws Sprint Car Racing, Leadfoot, Dragonball Z: Legacy of Goku (GBA) Dragonball Z: Legacy of Goku II (GBA), Dragonball Z: Collectible Card Game (GBA), Dragonball Z: Budokai (PS2), Dragonball Z: Budokai II* (PS2), Dragonball Z: Taiketsu*, Yu Yu Hakusho John Deere American Farmer, Duke Nukem 3D, X-Men: Ravages of the Apocalypse - Marvel Comics, New York Times Crossword Puzzles, Beach Head 2000, Golden Tee Golf (PSX), Carnivores I, Carnivores II, Carnivores III: The Ice Age, Chasm - The Rift, Faith Pack, Arcade Pack, GamePack, Microsoft Flight Sim add-ons, StarCraft: Retribution - Add-on, WarCraft Orcs and Humans (shareware), Wizmo's Workshop and the Dragon's of Frozzbokk, Steel Tide, Operation Blockade, Baseball Mogul, Football Mogul, Carnival Games, National Golf Course Directory, Trailer Life, Air Races MS Flight Sim, Combat Operation Victory MS Flight Sim, Montezuma's Return, Jack Orlando, Yes 2K, 3D Arcade Pack, Unlocking the Bible Code, Windows Game Pack, Chili Cookbook, Emergency Fighters for Life, Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer Kids Pack, World Class Bowling, Rise of the Triad, Terminal Velocity, Shadow Warrior, Blood, Black Knight (F-18 Fighter sim) , NASRA - Swamp Buggy Racing, Association of Shareware Professionals CD ROM, Head-2-Head Game Pack Contact Plus, Contact Plus Professional, * Under contract when Roger left Atari.

Also Known As

• Roger Arias

Websites

• Roger F. A. Arias -- Roger Arias' personal website, with his philosophy, titles, biography and contact information.
• How Serious Games is Helping the Game Industry -- This was a panel discussion featuring James Regan, Dean Ku, and Roger Arias, moderated by Warrn Currell.
• Roger Arias on iMDB -- Roger Arias's credits

Games Credited

Neverwinter Nights 2: Mysteries of Westgate (2009), Atari, Inc.
Alone in the Dark (2008), Atari Europe S.A.S.U.
Downstream Panic! (2008), Atari, Inc.
Dragon Ball Z: Burst Limit (2008), Namco Bandai Games Inc.
N+ (2008), Atari, Inc.
Neverwinter Nights 2 (Gold) (2008), Atari, Inc.
ArmA: Armed Assault (Gold Edition) (2007), 505 GameStreet
Dragon Ball Z: Shin Budokai - Another Road (2007), Atari, Inc.
Fantasy Wars (2007), 1C Company
Godzilla: Unleashed (2007), Atari, Inc.
Neverwinter Nights 2: Mask of the Betrayer (2007), Atari Europe S.A.S.U.
Silverfall (2007), Monte Cristo Multimedia
Swashbucklers: Blue vs. Grey (2007), 1C Company
Test Drive Unlimited (2007), Atari, Inc.
The Witcher (2007), ND GAMES
ArmA: Combat Operations (2006), IDEA Games
Bullet Witch (2006), AQ Interactive, Inc.
John Deere: American Builder Deluxe (2006), Bold Games
Red Orchestra: Ostfront 41-45 (2006), Bold Games
Close Combat: First to Fight (2005), 2K Games
In-Fisherman Freshwater Trophies (2004), Bold Games, Global Star Software Inc.
John Deere: American Farmer (2004), Bold Games
Dragon Ball Z: The Legacy of Goku II (2003), Atari, Inc.
Dragon Ball Z: Budokai (2002), Infogrames Europe SA
Dragon Ball Z Collectible Card Game (2002), Infogrames, Inc.
Dragon Ball Z: The Legacy of Goku (2002), Infogrames Europe SA
WizMo's Workshop: Dragons of Frozzbokk (2002), Infogrames, Inc.
Beach Head 2000 (2000), WizardWorks Software
Carnivores 2 (1999), WizardWorks Software
Dirt Track Racing (1999), WizardWorks Software
X-Men: The Ravages of Apocalypse (1997), WizardWorks Software