Christopher Chamberlain

aka: Chris Chamberlain
Moby ID: 132844

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Starting in the video game industry back in 1999, Chris began working with Looking Glass Studios. His first project was as a tester on the Nintendo 64 game Destruction Derby. Chris later moved into Design for a planned Dreamcast title, but Looking Glass Studios went out of business shortly after his move.

A few months later, Chris began working for Microsoft, first as a tester, then as Test Lead, and finally as a Lead Senior Software Development Engineer, and has since worked for 15+ years as a Software Engineer on titles such as Crimson Skies, Oni (for which he went to Bungie in San Jose), Halo, Blinx the Time Sweeper, Conker, Phantasy Star Online (SEGA), Grabbed by the Ghoulies, Conker: Live & Reloaded, Kameo: Elements of Power, Viva Pinata, Viva Pinata: Party Animals, Banjo Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts, Kinect Sports, Gears of War 3, Ryse: Son of Rome, Gigantic (as a Senior Producer), Crackdown 3, and Scalebound. He has worked on titles for Nintendo 64, PC, Playstation 2, Xbox, Xbox 360, and Xbox One and continues to work on upcoming AAA core gamer Xbox projects.

Currently employed with Microsoft Game Studios, Chris currently works as a Senior Software Engineer on the Campaign portion of the Halo franchise.

Game work to date: * Gigantic - Microsoft/Motiga for Xbox One and Windows 10 (Currently in Beta) * Ryse: Son of Rome - Microsoft/Crytek for Xbox One (11/22/13) * Gears of War: Judgment - Microsoft/Epic/People Can Fly (3/19/13) * Gears of War 3 - Microsoft/Epic for Xbox 360 (9/20/11) * Kinect Sports - Microsoft/Rare for Xbox 360 (11/15/10) * Banjo Kazooie: Nuts & Boltss - Microsoft/Rare for Xbox 360 (11/08) * Viva Pinata: Party Animals - Microsoft & Krome Studios for Xbox 360 (10/07/07) * Viva Pinata - Microsoft/Rare for Xbox 360 (10/27/06) * Kameo: Elements of Power - MS/Rare for Xbox 360 (10/28/05) * Conker: Live & Reloaded (6/21/05) * Grabbed By The Ghoulies - MS/Rare for Xbox (11/11/02) Uncredited * Phantasy Star Online: Episode I & II - MS/Sega for Xbox (8/15/03) Uncredited * Kakuto Chojin - MS/Dream Factory for Xbox (11/11/02) Uncredited * Blinx the Time Sweeper - MS/Artoon for Xbox (10/07/02) * Halo: Combat Evolved - MS/Bungie for Xbox (11/01) * Oni - Bungie for PC and Playstation 2 (02/01) * Crimson Skies - MS/Zipper for PC (08/29/00) * Destruction Derby 64 - Looking Glass/THQ for N64 (10/99)

Credited on 24 games

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Crackdown 3 (2019, Xbox One) Microsoft Studio Special Thanks
Sunset Overdrive (2018, Windows Apps) Special Thanks
Sunset Overdrive (2014, Xbox One) Special Thanks
Ryse: Son of Rome - Legendary Edition (2014, Windows) Lead Software Development Engineers in Test
Ryse: Son of Rome (2013, Xbox One) Lead Software Development Engineers in Test
Gears of War: Judgment (2013, Xbox 360) Test Leads
Party of Sin (2012, Windows) Angel Donors
Trials Evolution (2012, Xbox 360) Special Thanks
Kinect Sports: Season Two (2011, Xbox 360) Special Thanks
Gears of War 3 (2011, Xbox 360) Test Leads
Kinect Sports (2010, Xbox 360) Game Test Organization (GTO)
Banjo-Tooie (2009, Xbox 360) MGS Product Testing
Banjo-Kazooie (2008, Xbox 360) Chief MGS Free-ish Player
Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts (2008, Xbox 360) Banjo Test Lead
Viva Piñata: Party Animals (2007, Xbox 360) Test
Viva Piñata (2006, Xbox 360) Test
Kameo: Elements of Power (2005, Xbox 360) Test Lead
Conker: Live & Reloaded (2005, Xbox) Test Team
RalliSport Challenge 2 (2004, Xbox) Special Thanks
Blinx: The Time Sweeper (2002, Xbox) Test Leads

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