Kirk Owen

Developer BIO

Kirk Owen was the President of Octagon Entertainment and responsible for signing many of Octagon's key clients, including industry legend Peter Molyneux. Kirk has negotiated hundreds of game publishing deals in markets spanning the globe, including Germany, Spain, Italy, the Netherlands, Brazil, Argentina, Korea, Japan, North America, and Singapore. Kirk has also signed over 50 interactive entertainment clients from Canada, the United Kingdom, Sweden, Finland, Germany and the United States.

Owen has extensive background in the convergence of the interactive entertainment business with other entertainment industries. Kirk's work has included licensing game properties into toys and books, bringing book properties to games, and using film financing models to fund game development. Mr. Owen has appeared at a number of interactive entertainment conferences where he has spoken about topics ranging from online gaming to structuring international publishing agreements.

Prior to founding Octagon, Kirk was a manager in the management consultant practice of Ernst & Young. Kirk served as an infantry officer in the US Army in Germany and completed the Army's Airborne and Ranger schools at Ft. Benning, Georgia. Kirk has a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Political Science from Claremont McKenna College and a Masters in Business Administration from Duke University's Fuqua School of Business.

In 2007, Kirk Owen is the Chief Executive Officer for Merscom LLC.

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Games Credited

Coyote's Tale: Fire and Water (2009), Merscom LLC
Empire Builder: Ancient Egypt (2009), Merscom LLC
Lost City of Z (2009), Merscom LLC, National Geographic Games
The Mystery of the Mary Celeste (2009), Merscom LLC
Plan It Green (2009), National Geographic Games
Righteous Kill 2: Revenge of the Poet Killer (2009), Merscom LLC
Blood Ties (2008), Big Fish Games, Inc
Herod's Lost Tomb (2008), Big Fish Games, Inc, Merscom LLC, National Geographic Games
Righteous Kill (2008), Merscom LLC
Biker Mice from Mars (2007), The Game Factory ApS
Cartoon Network Racing (2006), The Game Factory ApS
D.N.A. (2006), Merscom LLC
Fastlane Pinball (2006), Merscom LLC
Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties (2006), Octagon Entertainment, Inc., The Game Factory ApS
WWII Tank Commander (2005), Merscom LLC
Rally Trophy (2001), JoWooD Productions Software AG
Traitors Gate (2000), DreamCatcher Interactive Inc.
Starship Titanic (1998), R&P Electronic Media
The Pink Panther Passport to Peril (1997), BMG Interactive Entertainment