John O'Brien
Moby ID: 264014
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John O'Brien is a senior software development engineer at Microsoft since May 2012. Before that he worked as a senior gameplay programmer at Insomniac Games (February 2010 - April 2012). Earlier he founded his own company Victorious Software, LLC in April 2008 where he designed and implemented all aspects of Gridiron Strategist, a career football strategy game for the PC. Prior to founding his own company he worked as a senior software engineer at Red Storm Entertainment for almost ten years (July 1997 - March 2008), and also as a software engineer at Nortel Networks (June 1994 - July 1997) and IBM (September 1992 - June 1994). He graduated from Drew University in 1992 with a BS in Computer Science.
Credited on 15 games
| Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition (2019, Windows) | Business Development & Engineering |
| Rise of Nations: Extended Edition (2017, Windows Apps) | Engineering and Web |
| Age of Mythology: Extended Edition (2014, Windows) | Engineering and Web |
| Age of Empires II: HD Edition - The Forgotten (2013, Windows) | Business Development & Engineering |
| Fuse (2013, Xbox 360) | Special Thanks |
| Age of Empires II: HD Edition (2013, Windows) | Business Development, Engineering |
| Ratchet & Clank: Full Frontal Assault (2012, PlayStation 3) | Special Thanks |
| Ratchet & Clank: All 4 One (2011, PlayStation 3) | Insomniacs |
| Resistance 3 (2011, PlayStation 3) | Insomniacs |
| Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Lockdown (2006, Windows) | Lead Engineer |
| Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Lockdown (2005, PlayStation 2) | Lead Engineers |
| Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Island Thunder (2002, Windows) | Additional Engineering |
| Shadow Watch (2000, Windows) | Engineering Team |
| Tom Clancy's ruthless.com (1998, Windows) | Engineers |
| Dominant Species (1998, Windows) | Special Thanks |
Frequent Collaborators
People- 9 games with Garner Halloran
- 7 games with Jim Van Verth
- 6 games with Steven Reid
- 6 games with Bill Fulton
- 5 games with Randy Greenback
- 5 games with Stuart White
- 5 games with Deke Waters
- 5 games with Justin Yorke
- 5 games with Corey Clemans
- 5 games with Jessica Capuano Mora
Companies
- 6 games with Red Storm Entertainment, Inc.
- 6 games with Valve Corporation
- 5 games with Microsoft Corporation
- 5 games with Xbox Game Studios
- 4 games with Ubisoft Entertainment SA
- 4 games with Technicolor Interactive Services
- 4 games with Insomniac Games, Inc.
- 4 games with Sony Interactive...
- 3 games with Maximum Games Ltd
- 3 games with Forgotten Empires LLC
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