Richard Beston

Moby ID: 28443

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Richard Beston co-founded the UK game development studio Darkblack Ltd in the summer of 1998. When the company was forced to close in 2002, he took along most of the team at a new company HotHead Studios. It was however short-lived, as it was both opened and closed in 2003.

He moved on to the company Pocketeers, doing art for Electronic Arts for several Nintendo DS games in the Need for Speed series.

After that, he left the videogame industry and became a tattoo artist with his own company Sunderland studio.

Credited on 39 games

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Need for Speed: Carbon - Own the City (2006, Nintendo DS) Additional Art
Need for Speed: Carbon - Own the City (2006, Game Boy Advance) Art Team
Need for Speed: Most Wanted (2005, Game Boy Advance) Art Team
Need for Speed: Underground 2 (2005, Nintendo DS) Art Team
Need for Speed: Underground 2 (2004, Game Boy Advance) Art Team
Need for Speed: Underground (2003, Game Boy Advance) Art Team
Rocket Power: Team Rocket Rescue (2001, PlayStation) Development Director
MTV Sports: Skateboarding (2000, Windows) Producer
MTV Sports: Skateboarding featuring Andy Macdonald (2000, Game Boy Color) Artists
Test Drive 5 (1998, Windows) Project Manager
Test Drive 4 (1997, Windows) Artists
Thunder Truck Rally (1997, Windows) Graphics
Destruction Derby 2 (1996, DOS) Game Artists
Battle for the Ashes (1995, DOS) Graphics by
Battle Cars (1993, SNES) Graphics
Cliffhanger (1993, SNES) Artists
Allan Border's Cricket (1993, Amiga) Graphics by
European Champions (1993, Amiga) Visuals
Bram Stoker's Dracula (1993, Game Boy) Graphic Artists
Krusty's Super Fun House (1992, NES) Special Thanks to

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Related Sites add

  • Tattooist Bez makes his mark
    interview with Richard Beston about his work as a tattoo artist, in the Sunderland Echo (24th September 2008 [archived link])

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