Gary Liddon

aka: Gaz Liddon
Moby ID: 3565

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Contact with games programmers led Gary to co-found a subsidiary company with Newsfield called Thalamus Ltd. Thalamus was a highly regarded 8 bit software house and published the hit games Sanxion and Delta. Learning programming skills at Thalamus, Gary then left to become a contract programmer, working on a variety of projects including the console conversions of the Mortal Kombat series.

Gary joined Climax in 1996 as a producer and lead the teams responsible for developing successful games as Diablo and Theme Park World Gary became Managing Director of the studio located in Fareham in 1999 and later Group Development Director in 2000, overseeing and helping to establish the Brighton, Nottingham and London studios.

In 2001, Gary was appointed Chief Operating Officer for the entire group of Climax companies and oversaw all aspects of day-to-day production, development and operations.

Gary left Climax and founded Xen Services, Ltd. in 2004, a development services company who worked on projects for THQ, Sony and Microsoft including games such as MotoGP 2, Crackdown, Project Gotham 4 and Too Human.

On 19th January 2009 the development studio Ruffian Games was announced, where Gary Liddon is Studio Head.

Credited on 49 games

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Halo: The Master Chief Collection (2019, Windows) Studio Head
Lumo (2017, Nintendo Switch) Hat tips, Salutes & Hugs
Polybius (2017, PlayStation 4) Special Thanks
Nike+ Kinect Training (2012, Xbox 360) CEO
Crackdown 2 (2010, Xbox 360) Studio Head
Gridrunner Revolution (2009, Windows) Beta Test Team
Space Giraffe (2008, Windows) PC Beta Test Team
Too Human (2008, Xbox 360) CEO
Crackdown (2007, Xbox 360) Xen Services CEO
Hot Wheels: Stunt Track Challenge (2004, PlayStation 2) C.O.O.
Serious Sam (2004, Game Boy Advance) COO
Sudeki (2004, Xbox) Climax Management
SX Superstar (2003, GameCube) Climax Management (Chief Operating Officer)
MotoGP 2 (2003, Windows) Another Boss
Robot Wars: Extreme Destruction (2002, Windows) Group Development Director
Robot Wars: Arenas of Destruction (2002, PlayStation 2) Group Development Manager
MotoGP: Ultimate Racing Technology (2002, Windows) Another Boss
Saban's Power Rangers: Time Force (2001, PlayStation) Managing Director

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