Richard Beston

Developer BIO

Richard Beston co-founded the UK game development studio Darkblack Ltd in the summer of 1998. When the company was forced to close in 2002, he took along most of the team at a new company HotHead Studios. It was however short-lived, as it was both opened and closed in 2003.

He moved on to the company Pocketeers, doing art for Electronic Arts for several Nintendo DS games in the Need for Speed series.

After that, he left the videogame industry and became a tattoo artist with his own company Sunderland studio.

Websites

• Tattooist Bez makes his mark -- interview with Richard Beston about his work as a tattoo artist, in the Sunderland Echo (24th September 2008)

Games Credited

Need for Speed Underground 2 (2005), Electronic Arts, Inc.
Need for Speed Underground 2 (2004), Electronic Arts, Inc.
Need for Speed Underground (2003), Electronic Arts, Inc.
MTV Sports: Skateboarding (2000), THQ Inc.
MTV Sports: Skateboarding featuring Andy Macdonald (2000), THQ Inc.
Test Drive 5 (1998), Accolade, Inc.
Test Drive 4 (1997), Accolade, Inc.
Thunder Truck Rally (1997), Psygnosis Limited
Destruction Derby 2 (1996), Psygnosis Limited
Allan Border's Cricket (1993), Audiogenic Software Ltd.
Bram Stoker's Dracula (1993), Psygnosis Limited, Sony Imagesoft
Cliffhanger (1993), Sony Imagesoft
European Champions (1993), Ocean Software Ltd.
Ninja Rabbits (1993), Microvalue
Alien³ (1992), Virgin Games, Ltd.
International Sports Challenge (1992), Empire Software
Krusty's Fun House (1992), Acclaim Entertainment, Inc.
World Class Rugby (1991), Audiogenic Software Ltd.
Arcade Fruit Machine (1990), Zeppelin Games Limited
Blinky's Scary School (1990), Zeppelin Games Limited
Edd the Duck! (1990), Zeppelin Games Limited
Kenny Dalglish Soccer Manager (1989), Zeppelin Games Limited
Mountain Bike Racer (1989), Zeppelin Games Limited