Stephen Kick
aka:
Steve Kick
Moby ID: 367440
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Stephen Kick is an American gamer developer who earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Game Art & Design at the Art Institute of California: San Francisco in 2007 where he was awarded "Best Portfolio" for his graduating class. Specializing in character art Stephen was hired to help indie studio Paleo Entertainment finish development of Merchants of Brooklyn one of the first non-Crytek games powered by the CryEngine.
Stephen was then hired by Sony Online Entertainment Inc. to create characters for it's latest game, Free Realms followed by Star Wars: Clone Wars Adventures and finally PlanetSide 2. Stephen left SOE in 2012 and formed Night Dive Studios, a game publisher that specializes in finding classic video games to re-release on GOG and Steam with optimizations and updates allowing them to be played on newer hardware and operating systems. In February 2013 Night Dive Studios re-released System Shock 2 on GOG, and then on Steam a few months later. To date Night Dive Studios has re-released over 90 classic games on Steam.
Credited on 22 games
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| Star Wars: Dark Forces - Remaster (2024, Windows) | Chief Executive Officer |
| Turok 3: Shadow of Oblivion - Remastered (2023, PlayStation 4) | Chief Executive Officer |
| Quake II (2023, Windows) | Chief Executive Officer |
| Rise of the Triad: Ludicrous Edition (2023, Windows) | Chief Executive Officer |
| System Shock (2023, Windows) | Director |
| Blade Runner: Enhanced Edition (2022, Windows) | Chief Executive Officer |
| PowerSlave: Exhumed (2022, Windows) | Chief Executive Officer |
| Quake (2021, Windows) | Chief Executive Officer |
| Shadow Man: Remastered (2021, Windows) | Chief Executive Officer |
| Doom 64 (2020, Windows) | Chief Executive Officer |
| Blood: Fresh Supply (2019, Windows) | CEO |
| Forsaken: Remastered (2018, Windows) | CEO |
| Turok 2: Seeds of Evil (2017, Windows) | CEO |
| Turok (2015, Windows) | CEO |
| System Shock: Enhanced Edition (2015, Windows) | Producer |
| Noctropolis (2015, Windows) | Executive Producer |
| Spirits of Xanadu (2015, Windows) | Special Thanks |
| The Original Strife: Veteran Edition (2014, Windows) | Producer |
| PlanetSide 2 (2012, Windows) | Additional Art |
| Star Wars: Clone Wars Adventures (2010, Windows) | Artists |
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Frequent Collaborators
People- 17 games with Daniel Grayshon
- 16 games with Larry Kuperman
- 15 games with Samuel Villarreal
- 14 games with James Haley
- 13 games with Adam Grayshon
- 13 games with James Ager
- 12 games with Edward Richardson
- 12 games with Alix Kick
- 11 games with Leo Mikkola
- 11 games with Sebastian Reddi
Companies
- 19 games with Valve Corporation
- 18 games with Nightdive Studios, LLC
- 9 games with GOG Poland Sp. z o.o.
- 4 games with Epic Games, Inc.
- 4 games with GOG Limited
- 3 games with Keywords Studios Plc
- 3 games with Bethesda Softworks LLC
- 3 games with Acclaim Studios Austin
- 3 games with Daybreak Game Company LLC
- 3 games with Independent Content Services Ltd
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