Michael Murguia
Moby ID: 24538
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Michael’s career in games began as a 3D Artist in 1994 when he was hired by PEI, a game developer in Pinole, Ca. That studio became "Maxis Studio One", the console division for Maxis, the creators of SimCity. Michael stayed on to introduce 3D art tools as an integral part of the game development process, working on such titles as "SimCity 2000", "SimCity Sega Saturn", "SimCopter", and "The Streets of SimCity". In 1997 Maxis was acquired by Electronic Arts, and with his partners, Michael started New Pencil, Inc. – an on demand art production facility for game developers. Michael handles all business aspects of New Pencil. Since 1997 New Pencil has contributed to over twenty original titles including EA’s - "The World Is Not Enough", S3’s "Unreal Tournament", God Games’ "Myth 3 The Wolf Age", Wild Tangent’s "Snowboard Extreme", and "BMX Pro", and most recently Maxis’ "SimCity4". New Pencil provided over 75% of the art content for the number one best selling franchise in the industry, "The Sims’" series, from Maxis.
Credited on 11 games
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| Diner Dash 5: BOOM! (2010, Windows) | Producers |
| Avenue Flo (2009, Windows) | Senior Producer |
| Diaper Dash (2009, Windows) | Sr. Producer |
| Wandering Willows (2009, Windows) | Senior Producer |
| Emerald City Confidential (2009, Macintosh) | Sr. Producer |
| Fitness Dash (2008, Macintosh) | Sr. Producer |
| Cooking Dash (2008, Windows) | Producer |
| Streets of SimCity (1997, Windows) | Game Artists |
| SimCopter (1996, Windows) | Computer Art |
| SimCity 2000 (1995, SEGA Saturn) | 3-D Computer Art |
| SimCity 2000: CD Collection (1994, Windows 3.x) | Maxis/SimCity 2000 Intro Video |
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Frequent Collaborators
People- 7 games with Tim Mensch
- 7 games with Jim Brooks
- 7 games with Brian DeGraf
- 7 games with Nicholas Stern
- 7 games with Kenny Shea Dinkin
- 7 games with Craig R. Bocks
- 7 games with Brad Edelman
- 7 games with Guy Romhild
- 7 games with Adam Gourdin
- 6 games with Adrian Guerrero
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Companies
- 7 games with PlayFirst, Inc.
- 5 games with Valve Corporation
- 4 games with Maxis Software Inc.
- 4 games with SomaTone Interactive Audio
- 3 games with Electronic Arts, Inc.
- 2 games with Big Fish Games, Inc
- 2 games with Real Networks, Inc.
- 2 games with MacGameStore, LLP
- 1 game with Wadjet Eye Games LLC
- 1 game with Mako Games LLC
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