Brendan Vanous
aka:
Brendan "PitMaster" Vanous
Moby ID: 6046
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Brendan fled the world of embedded systems to join the venerable Sierra On-Line as a game developer in the mid-90s, when the company's main office moved up to Seattle. After many years developing games directly, he moved to being a development lead in Microsoft's Advanced Technology Group, working with game developers around the world to help them with networking and online technologies. He is currently the Head of Developer Success (which is a fancy way of saying that he's the technical rep who gets to work with game teams to bring their ideas to life) for PlayFab, which was acquired by Microsoft in 2018.
He is married to Cindy Vanous.
Credited on 25 games
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| Deathloop (2021, Windows) | PlayFab: Support |
| Doom Eternal: The Ancient Gods - Part Two (2021, Windows) | Special Thanks |
| Doom Eternal: The Ancient Gods - Part One (2020, Windows) | Special Thanks |
| Doom Eternal (2020, Windows) | Special Thanks |
| Zoo Tycoon: Ultimate Animal Collection (2017, Windows Apps) | Microsoft Studios Thanks |
| State of Decay: Year-One Survival Edition (2015, Windows) | Microsoft Studios Sentient Development Team |
| Ryse: Son of Rome - Legendary Edition (2014, Windows) | Senior Program Manager |
| Project Spark (2014, Xbox One) | Program Managers |
| State of Decay: Lifeline (2014, Windows) | Microsoft Studios Sentient Development Team |
| Ryse: Son of Rome (2013, Xbox One) | Senior Program Managers |
| Zoo Tycoon (2013, Xbox One) | Microsoft Studios thanks |
| Marlow Briggs and the Mask of Death (2013, Windows) | Microsoft Studios Sentient Development Team |
| State of Decay (2013, Xbox 360) | Microsoft Studios Sentient Development Team |
| Kinect Star Wars (2012, Xbox 360) | Special Thanks |
| Grand Theft Auto: The Ballad of Gay Tony (2010, Windows) | With Thanks To: Xbox Engineering Support Team |
| Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City (2010, Windows) | With Thanks to: Xbox Engineering Support Team |
| Grand Theft Auto IV: The Lost and Damned (2009, Xbox 360) | With Thanks To: Xbox Engineering Support Team |
| Defense Grid: The Awakening (2008, Windows) | Thanks to Microsoft ATG/GTG/XNA/XDC/XDS/DAM |
| Grand Theft Auto IV (2008, Windows) | Thanks to the Xbox Engineering Support Team |
| Empire Earth: The Art of Conquest (2002, Windows) | Technology Group Engineers |
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Frequent Collaborators
People- 8 games with Ben Cammarano
- 8 games with Gavin Kennedy
- 8 games with Paul Amer
- 7 games with John Dongelmans
- 7 games with Munetaka Fuse
- 7 games with Phil Spencer
- 6 games with Kristofor Mellroth
- 6 games with Tyler Lovemark
- 6 games with Letty Cherry
- 6 games with Seçkin Akgül
Companies
- 13 games with Microsoft Corporation
- 12 games with Valve Corporation
- 8 games with Xbox Game Studios
- 8 games with Experis
- 7 games with Epic Games Tools LLC
- 6 games with Sierra Entertainment, Inc.
- 5 games with Activision Blizzard...
- 5 games with Audiokinetic Inc.
- 5 games with Virtuos Ltd.
- 4 games with Rockstar Games, Inc.
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