Richard Vogel
aka: Rich Vogel
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Richard Vogel currently leads Battlecry Studios, an internal development studio of ZeniMax Media Inc. first announced in October 2012. Previously he was Vice President of Product Development for the Austin studio of BioWare Corporation since March 2006, where he managed new product development.
Rich Vogel has been doing game development for 15 years. His first five years was doing console development for CD-I, Sega, and PS-1. He started his online career as Senior Producer of Meridian 59 where he helped launch and run the live service. He left 3DO to join Origin in 1997 as Senior Producer of Ultima Online where he helped launch and run the live service for two years. He speaks frequently on issues of online world design, online development process, and online community management.
In 2000, Rich joined Sony Online Entertainment as Executive Producer and formed the Austin Studio. He shipped Star Wars Galaxies in 2003 and the first expansion Jump to Lightspeed in 2004. He managed the Galaxies live team for the first year after launch.
Credited on 22 games
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| Hogwarts Legacy (2023, Windows) | Studio Admin |
| Halo: Infinite - Campaign (2021, Xbox Series) | VP of Production & Online Services |
| Halo: Infinite - Multiplayer (2021, Windows) | VP of Production & Online Services |
| New World (2021, Windows) | Executive Producers |
| Fallout 76 (2018, Windows) | Special Thanks |
| Doom (2016, Windows) | President |
| Fallout 4 (2015, Windows) | Special Thanks |
| The Elder Scrolls Online: Tamriel Unlimited (2015, Windows) | Special Thanks |
| Star Wars: The Old Republic - Rise of the Hutt Cartel (2013, Windows) | Special Thanks |
| Mass Effect (2012, PlayStation 3) | BioWare Special Thanks |
| Star Wars: The Old Republic (2011, Windows) | Executive Producer, EA |
| Mass Effect (2008, Windows) | Special Thanks |
| Star Wars: Galaxies - The Total Experience (2005, Windows) | Executive Producer |
| Star Wars: Galaxies - Episode III Rage of the Wookiees (2005, Windows) | Executive Producer |
| Star Wars: Galaxies - Jump to Lightspeed (2004, Windows) | Executive Producer |
| Star Wars: Galaxies - An Empire Divided (2003, Windows) | Executive Producer |
| EverQuest: The Scars of Velious (2000, Windows) | The EverQuest team would like to thank |
| EverQuest (1999, Windows) | The EverQuest team would like to thank |
| Ultima Online: The Second Age (1998, Windows) | Producer/Director |
| NFL Instant Replay (1995, Windows 3.x) | Co-Producers |
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circa 2023
source: LinkedIn
Frequent Collaborators
People- 8 games with Whitney Ayres
- 8 games with Andrew J. Collins
- 8 games with Fred Tatasciore
- 7 games with Jeff Bolaris
- 7 games with Tim Temmerman
- 7 games with Eric Sebesta
- 7 games with Calan Thurow
- 7 games with Russell Shanks
- 7 games with Doug Mellencamp
- 7 games with Keith Szarabajka
Companies
- 10 games with Valve Corporation
- 8 games with Epic Games Tools LLC
- 5 games with Electronic Arts, Inc.
- 4 games with Autodesk, Inc.
- 4 games with Microsoft Corporation
- 4 games with Bethesda Softworks LLC
- 4 games with Certain Affinity, Inc.
- 4 games with Audiokinetic Inc.
- 4 games with Lucasfilm Games
- 4 games with Original Force, Ltd.
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