Slade AndersonDeveloper BIO
Slade started in the Video Game Industry in 1993 as technical support manager at
Accolade. He worked his way up to producer and was producer/designer on
Test Drive 4,
Test Drive 5 and
Test Drive 6. Slade started the
TransWorld brand at
Infogrames/
Atari after Accolade was bought by Infogrames/Atari. He was with them for eight years.
After Infogrames moved to Santa Monica, Slade took on the roll of executive producer for a small UK developer,
Darkblack where he worked on a few titles before Darkblack commited suicide by boarding the good ship
Acclaim. Slade then joined
Empire Interactive where he oversaw the US launches of
Big Mutha Truckers,
Ghost Master and
Starsky & Hutch. After Empire, Slade joined
Tapwave as a producer where he helped launch
Madden NFL 2005 and
MTX Mototrax. He also worked as release engineer for all titles and helped in the writing of game manuals.
After Tapwave, he signed on as producer at
InfoSpace. At InfoSpace he oversaw the production of
Water Balloon Drop,
Frogger For Prizes,
Skeeball For Prizes and a yet to be announced external project. Slade built the art staff from the ground up in the San Mateo studio and was acting art director. He also oversaw the creation of InfoSpace Mobiles viral marketing programs, Tell-a-Friend and Frequent Player Points.
After a short stint at a Limelife, Slade became senior producer at
TikGames, LLC. At TikGames Slade designed and produced a few mobile titles, most notably
Disney's Pooh's Hunny Trouble and four casual PC titles:
On these titles Slade was the lead designer, producer and writer. Slade also designed a game based on the TV show
Amazing Race that never saw fruition due to contract disputes.
He is now senior producer at
Namco Networks America Inc. working on PC casual and online community games.
Websites
Games CreditedTinseltown Dreams: The 50's (2009), Namco Networks America Inc.
SkeeBall for Prizes (2006), InfoSpace Mobile U.K. Limited
Mashed: Drive to Survive (2004), Empire Interactive Entertainment
Ford Racing 2 (2003), Empire Interactive Europe Ltd.
Starsky & Hutch (2003), Vivendi Universal Games, Inc.
Vegas Tycoon (2003), Empire Interactive Entertainment
Boarder Zone (1999), Infogrames Europe SA
Test Drive 6 (1999), Infogrames, Inc.
Test Drive 5 (1998), Accolade, Inc.
Jack Nicklaus 4 (1997), Accolade, Inc.
Test Drive 4 (1997), Accolade, Inc.
PO'ed (1996), Coconuts Japan Entertainment Co., Ltd.
Unnecessary Roughness '96 (1995), Accolade, Inc.
Battle Isle 2200 (1994), Accolade, Inc.
Cyclemania (1994), Accolade, Inc.
Pelé II: World Tournament Soccer (1994), Accolade, Inc.
