Parker A. Davis
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Parker Davis
Moby ID: 29844
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Parker Davis combines strong leadership, a background in game design and deep production management expertise developed over nearly 20 years in the video and computer games industry. Parker received a Bachelor of Arts degree in American History from the University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA) in 1990. After a brief stint as a newspaper reporter in upstate New York, his passion for video games drew him to California in 1991 where he began his industry career as a game counsellor and marketer at ASCII Entertainment Software.
Parker broke into game development in 1992 at Virgin Games where he contributed as a designer on Robocop Vs The Terminator (Sega Genesis) and served as Lead Designer on Disney’s Jungle Book (SNES). He joined Rocket Science Games as a Game Designer on various projects before moving on to DreamWorks Interactive to serve as a designer on The Lost World: Jurassic Park (PSX) and Design Project Lead on Universal’s Small Soldiers (PSX). Parker converted to the dark side (i.e. Production) in 1999 to produce Mattel’s Barbie: Digital Makeover at James Cameron’s Digital Domain before landing at Activision as a Senior Producer. At Activision, he produced the turn-based strategy game Call to Power 2 (a Civilization sequel for PC) and the critically acclaimed Star Trek: Bridge Commander (PC). After a brief foray leading a Los Angeles based Xbox development studio start up effort (Primordial Games), Parker served as a producer at Amaze Entertainment, on Lemony Snicket’s: A Series of Unfortunate Events (PC), and The Collective where he launched a marquee Dirty Harry project for next-gen consoles.
Returning to his roots in New England, Parker joined Mad Doc Software where he produced Star Trek: Legacy (Xbox360) and real-time strategy game Empire Earth III (PC). Continuing at Rockstar “New England” when Mad Doc was acquired by Rockstar Games, Parker held a strategic role leading multi-discipline teams in cross-studio and multiplayer development efforts on the vaunted Red Dead Redemption and Max Payne 3 as the company’s only Senior Producer. Before joining Eidos Montreal, Parker managed development of a major brand online MMO for kids for Electrotank. Parker is currently building a new team for unannounced AAA projects in development at Eidos Montreal.
A native of Vermont, and a recent resident of New Hampshire, Parker is happily married since 2004.
Credited on 18 games
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Underworld Ascendant (2018, Windows) | Executive Producer |
Tomb Raider (2013, PlayStation 3) | Production |
Red Dead Redemption (2010, Xbox 360) | Rockstar New England |
Bully: Scholarship Edition (2008, Windows) | Additional Work |
Brothers in Arms: Hell's Highway (2008, Windows) | Core Team |
Empire Earth III (2007, Windows) | Core Team |
Star Trek: Legacy (2006, Xbox 360) | Legacy Team |
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004, Windows) | Special Thanks |
Star Trek: Bridge Commander (2002, Windows) | Senior Producer |
Call to Power II (2000, Windows) | Senior Producer |
Small Soldiers (1998, PlayStation) | Design Project Lead |
The Lost World: Jurassic Park - Special Edition (1998, PlayStation) | Designers |
The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997, PlayStation) | Designers |
Wing Nuts: Battle in the Sky (1996, DOS) | In the bunker |
Under Pressure (1995, Windows) | Various Condiments |
Disney's The Jungle Book (1994, SNES) | Game Designer |
RoboCop versus The Terminator (1993, Genesis) | Design Development |
SpellCraft: Aspects of Valor (1992, DOS) | Manual - Editor |
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Frequent Collaborators
People- 6 games with Ian Lane Davis
- 6 games with Kevin Wasserman
- 5 games with Ken Davis
- 5 games with Ron Rosenberg
- 5 games with Eric Gus Anderson
- 4 games with Shawn Shoemaker
- 4 games with Jeff Desharnais
- 4 games with Tim Samuels
- 4 games with Dan Conti
- 4 games with Jarred Vaughan
Companies
- 6 games with Rockstar New England
- 6 games with Epic Games Tools LLC
- 5 games with GameSpy Industries Inc.
- 5 games with Valve Corporation
- 3 games with Activision Publishing, Inc.
- 3 games with 1C Company
- 3 games with Ripple Effect Studios
- 3 games with Electronic Arts, Inc.
- 3 games with NBG EDV Handels- und Verlags GmbH
- 3 games with Effective Media GmbH
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