Alan Ackerman
Moby ID: 20654
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Alan joined the video game industry in 1990 when he was hired at SEGA. While at SEGA he worked on projects for the SEGA Genesis, Saturn, and Titan Arcade platforms; and on such titles as: Kid Chameleon, Sonic Xtreme, The Ooze, and Die Hard Arcade. His art skills evolved from 2D art and animation to include real time 3D art and animation. In 1997 Alan worked at Sony Computer Entertainment America on the real time 3D Playstation game Warhawk 2. In 1998 Alan joined Blizzard North to work on Diablo II and Diablo II: Lord of Destruction; doing background art; designing and creating character specific inventory items. Alan worked at Blizzard for more than four years before leaving the company for Castaway Entertainment, where he holds the position of Senior Artist and Designer.
Credited on 10 games
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| Diablo III (2012, Macintosh) | The Diablo III Team would like to give special thanks to those who worked on the game in its early years at Blizzard North |
| Yaris (2007, Xbox 360) | Senior Artist |
| Diablo II: Lord of Destruction (2001, Macintosh) | Character Artists |
| Diablo II (2000, Macintosh) | Background Artists |
| Diablo II (Collector's Edition) (2000, Windows) | Background Artists |
| Die Hard Arcade (1997, SEGA Saturn) | Background scr |
| NFL '97 (1996, SEGA Saturn) | Art Staff |
| The Ooze (1995, Genesis) | Artists |
| Sonic the Hedgehog: Spinball (1993, Genesis) | Special Thanks |
| Kid Chameleon (1992, Genesis) | Art |
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Frequent Collaborators
People- 5 games with Michael Scandizzo
- 5 games with Stefan Scandizzo
- 5 games with Stieg Hedlund
- 5 games with Theodore Bisson
- 5 games with Bob Steele
- 4 games with Matt Uelmen
- 4 games with Geoff Fraizer
- 4 games with Divo Palinkas
- 4 games with Rod Rigole
- 4 games with Matthew Householder
Companies
- 5 games with Sega Technical Institute
- 5 games with SEGA of America, Inc.
- 4 games with Blizzard Entertainment Inc.
- 4 games with SEGA Corporation
- 3 games with Activision Blizzard France SAS
- 3 games with CDP Sp. z o.o.
- 3 games with Tectoy S.A.
- 2 games with Vivendi Games (UK) Limited
- 2 games with Activision Blizzard...
- 2 games with NBG EDV Handels- und Verlags GmbH
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