Eric YoungDeveloper BIO
Eric Young has worked as CEO, Executive Producer, Art Director and Public Relations in the games industry. He got his degree at Southwest Missouri State University. After college Eric went into the family construction business. After a variety of other career paths were followed he settled into computer game design.
Industry History:
His interests are military history, wargaming, antique weapons, motorcycles, beer, golf, baseball, and football.
His award winning games include the
V for Victory series, the
World at War series, and the
Close Combat series of games.
He now works at
Freedom Games, which he co-founded with
John Davidson. With his new company, consisting of many people worked on the original Close Combat, the aim was to create a 3D version of the game, first with
GI Combat (2002), which had been cancelled at TalonSoft by
Take-Two, the primary reason why he founded the new company, and later
Eric Young's Squad Assault: West Front (2003).
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Games CreditedEric Young's Squad Assault: West Front (2003), Matrix Games
G.I. Combat: Episode 1 - Battle of Normandy (2002), Strategy First, Inc.
Age of Sail II (2001), 1C Company
Close Combat: Invasion: Normandy - Utah Beach to Cherbourg (2000), Strategic Simulations, Inc.
Jetfighter IV: Fortress America (2000), TalonSoft
Close Combat III: The Russian Front (1999), Microsoft Corporation
Close Combat IV: The Battle of the Bulge (1999), Mindscape International Ltd., Strategic Simulations, Inc.
Close Combat: A Bridge Too Far (1997), Microsoft Corporation
Close Combat (1996), Microsoft Corporation
World at War: Stalingrad (1994), Avalon Hill
V for Victory: Gold-Juno-Sword (1993), Three-Sixty Pacific, Inc.
V for Victory: Market-Garden (1993), Three-Sixty Pacific, Inc.
V for Victory: Velikiye Luki (1992), Three-Sixty Pacific, Inc.
