Alex McLean
Moby ID: 38276
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Alex Mclean is a graduate of Edinburgh University where he studied Artificial Intelligence and Computer Science. A self-taught 8-bit assembly programmer, he started out commercially as a Software Engineer at MicroProse and later went on to be Head of Software Engineering at Eidos' Pumpkin Studios, where he lead the PC version of Warzone 2100.
He then co-founded development studio Pivotal Games in April 2000, known for the Conflict series and became the studio's CTO. It ran for eight years until it was shut down by Eidos. After a stint at Engine Room Games he became a director at Codemasters in 2009. In October 2009 he became the studio head of Codemasters Birmingham, replacing Trevor Williams.
Credited on 18 games
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| Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee - New 'n' Tasty! (2014, PlayStation 4) | Special Thanks |
| F1 2013 (2013, Xbox 360) | Vice President |
| Colin McRae Rally (2013, iPhone) | Special Thanks |
| GRID 2 (2013, Windows) | VP, Technology |
| F1 Race Stars (2012, PlayStation 3) | Vice President, Technology |
| F1 2012 (2012, Windows) | Head of Studio - Birmingham |
| F1 2011 (2011, Xbox 360) | Head of Studio - Birmingham |
| F1 2010 (2010, Windows) | Head of Studio - Birmingham |
| Overlord II (2009, PlayStation 3) | Special Thanks |
| Conflict: Denied Ops (2008, Xbox 360) | Technical Director |
| Conflict: Global Terror (2005, PlayStation 2) | Technical Director |
| Conflict: Vietnam (2004, Windows) | Technical Director |
| Conflict: Desert Storm II - Back to Baghdad (2003, PlayStation 2) | Technical Director |
| The Great Escape (2003, Windows) | Technical Director |
| Conflict: Desert Storm (2002, Windows) | Technical Director |
| Warzone 2100 (1999, PlayStation) | Head of Software Engineering |
| Humbug (1990, DOS) | Best wishes to |
| Jacaranda Jim (1987, DOS) | best wishes to |
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Frequent Collaborators
People- 10 games with Tim Cannell
- 9 games with Paul Dunning
- 8 games with David Alcock
- 8 games with Daniel Wheeler
- 8 games with Eddy Di Luccio
- 8 games with Wesley Strange
- 8 games with Andrew Partridge
- 7 games with Martin Severn
- 7 games with David Tetlow
- 7 games with Andy Hack
Companies
- 8 games with Codemasters Software...
- 6 games with Pivotal Games Ltd.
- 6 games with Mastertronic Games Ltd.
- 5 games with SCi Games Ltd.
- 5 games with Codemasters Birmingham
- 5 games with Valve Corporation
- 5 games with ak tronic Software & Services GmbH
- 4 games with Namco Bandai Partners Pty Ltd.
- 4 games with Codemasters Studios Sdn Bhd
- 4 games with Cenega Czech s.r.o.
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