Rod CousensDeveloper BIO
Rod Cousens' career started in 1981 when he joined the publishing company
Quicksilva. At the end of 1983 Quicksilva's original founders decided to sell the company. He successfully led eight months of negotiations that ended in August 1984 when
Argus Press group acquired Quicksilva. He continued in Quicksilva as Managing Director until June 1985 when Argus Press moved the company from Southampton to their London offices.
At the end of 1985 Activision launched
Electric Dreams Software headed by Cousens in Southampton, England. In 1986, he became also Managing Director of complete U.K. and European network for Activision and later International President at
Activision, Inc..
In 1991, Cousens joined
Acclaim Entertainment. From 1993 onwards, he was President of
Acclaim Europe and later Chief Operating Officer of
Acclaim International. On June 2, 2003, he was appointed as the new Chief Executive Officer of
Acclaim Entertainment, Inc. Mr. Cousens succeeded Acclaim's co-founder,
Gregory Fischbach, who resigned the CEO position that he held since the company's inception in 1987.
On 9 May, 2005, he was appointed CEO of
Codemasters. He is now responsible for managing sales and marketing, and to extend the publishing activities in new territories.
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Games CreditedAlias (2004), Acclaim Entertainment, Inc.
Dakar 2: The World's Ultimate Rally (2003), Acclaim Entertainment, Inc.
Speed Kings (2003), Acclaim Entertainment, Inc.
Burnout (2002), Acclaim Entertainment, Inc.
Burnout 2: Point of Impact (2002), Acclaim Entertainment, Inc.
Eighteen Wheeler: American Pro Trucker (2002), Acclaim Entertainment, Inc.
ZooCube (2002), Acclaim Entertainment, Inc.
Crazy Taxi (2001), Acclaim Entertainment, Inc.
RC Revenge (2000), Acclaim Entertainment, Inc.
RC Revenge Pro (2000), Acclaim Entertainment, Inc.
Vanishing Point (2000), Acclaim Entertainment, Inc.
Resurrection: Rise 2 (1996), Acclaim Entertainment, Inc.
Rise of the Robots (1994), Time Warner Interactive, Inc.
