John Smedley
Moby ID: 13629
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John Smedley is President of Sony Online Entertainment and co-founder of Verant Interactive, Inc. He has over 12 years of experience in the gaming industry. Mr. Smedley's start in the gaming industry began in 1989 when he worked as a programmer for ATG.
Shortly after developing his first game (Qix) for the Apple IIe, Mr. Smedley founded and his own company called Knight Technologies. At Knight Technologies, he developed various contract games like Double Dragon (Atari Lynx), Dirty Larry Renegade Cop (Atari Lynx), Qix (Atari Lynx), Keys to Maramon (Amiga) and Kawasaki Carribean Challenge (SNES). Mr. Smedley also served as Director of Development for five years at 989 Studios and began a PC Group that evolved into Verant Interactive, now Sony Online Entertainment.
Credited on 72 games
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| Landmark (2016, Windows) | Special Thanks |
| Wizardry Online (2013, Windows) | President |
| EverQuest: Rain of Fear (2012, Windows) | President |
| PlanetSide 2 (2012, Windows) | President |
| Bullet Run (2012, Windows) | President |
| Rochard (2011, Windows) | President |
| EverQuest: Veil of Alaris (2011, Windows) | President |
| Payday: The Heist (2011, Windows) | President |
| Acceleration of Suguri: X Edition (2011, PlayStation 3) | President |
| Plants vs. Zombies (2011, PlayStation 3) | President |
| DC Universe Online (2011, Windows) | President |
| Qlione Evolve (2010, PlayStation 3) | President |
| Peggle (2010, PSP) | President |
| EverQuest: House of Thule (2010, Windows) | President |
| Star Wars: Clone Wars Adventures (2010, Windows) | President |
| TerRover (2010, PlayStation 3) | President |
| Groovin' Blocks (2010, PSP) | President |
| EverQuest: Underfoot (2009, Windows) | President |
| Free Realms (2009, Windows) | President |
| EverQuest II: The Shadow Odyssey (2008, Windows) | President |
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Frequent Collaborators
People- 64 games with Russell Shanks
- 59 games with Andrew Zaffron
- 51 games with Ryan Antonelli
- 49 games with Tony Rado
- 45 games with Rob Thompson
- 43 games with Jeff Bolaris
- 43 games with Paul G. Tighe
- 43 games with Mark Preston
- 43 games with Donald Vercelli
- 42 games with David Dhunjishaw
Companies
- 49 games with Daybreak Game Company LLC
- 12 games with Ubisoft Entertainment SA
- 9 games with Valve Corporation
- 7 games with 989 Studios
- 7 games with Lucasfilm Games
- 6 games with Sony Interactive...
- 5 games with Sony Interactive...
- 5 games with Epic Games Tools LLC
- 4 games with Akella
- 4 games with NBG EDV Handels- und Verlags GmbH
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