Darren Falcus
Moby ID: 43141
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Darren, along with brother, Jason Falcus, started programming and designing video games in 1981, and had several of these published in the UK over the next five years. In 1988, after recognising the market potential, and the way that games were going to have to be developed in the future, he set up a small development company, Optimus Software Ltd.
By 1993, Darren's role had changed and involved the day-to-day running of the company. This was when Optimus was acquired by Iguana Entertainment, and became Iguana UK.
Over the next three years, Darren was involved in setting up an organizational structure and relocating Iguana to a plush, new building overlooking the River Tees. Darren was also involved in accounting, equipment purchasing, network installation, recruitment, project management, scheduling and initiating policies and procedures. A large amount of his time was been spent building up Iguana UK (now Acclaim Studios Teesside) to a high of over seventy people, and helping to recruit for the U.S. studio.
Darren founded Atomic Planet Entertainment with his brother in August, 2000, and is currently responsible for the day-to-day running of Atomic Planet, and providing the vision for the future direction.
Source: Atomic Planet Entertainment company homepage
Credited on 49 games
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| The Bookwalker: Thief of Tales (2023, Windows) | Behaviour Interactive |
| CoComelon: Play with JJ (2022, Nintendo Switch) | SockMonkey Studios |
| Tinykin (2022, Windows) | Sock Monkey |
| Forsaken: Remastered (2018, Windows) | Managing Director |
| Wings!: Remastered Edition (2014, Windows) | Managing Director |
| Phil Taylor's Power Play Darts (2011, Nintendo DS) | Managing Director |
| Build It Green: Back to the Beach (2010, Windows) | CEO / Managing Director |
| Empire Builder: Ancient Egypt (2009, Windows) | CEO |
| Broken Sword: Shadow of the Templars - The Director's Cut (2009, Wii) | Managing Director |
| The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep (2008, Windows) | Managing Director |
| International Cricket Captain 2008 (2008, Windows) | Managing Director |
| Skyscraper (2008, PlayStation 2) | Managing Director |
| Arctic Tale (2007, Wii) | Managing Director |
| AMF Bowling Pinbusters! (2007, Wii) | Managing Director |
| Jenga World Tour (2007, Nintendo DS) | Managing Director |
| Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure (2007, Nintendo DS) | Managing Director |
| Jumanji (2007, PlayStation 2) | Managing Director |
| Beverly Hills Cop (2007, PlayStation 2) | Managing Director |
| Arctic Tale (2007, Game Boy Advance) | Managing Director |
| The History Channel: Great Battles of Rome (2007, PSP) | Managing Director |
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Frequent Collaborators
People- 45 games with Jason Falcus
- 27 games with David West
- 25 games with Tim Jennings
- 23 games with Mark Hargreaves
- 22 games with Matt Falcus
- 21 games with Trevor Storey
- 17 games with Paul Margrave
- 17 games with Martin Pegg
- 16 games with Nick Cowen
- 15 games with Matthew Knowles
Companies
- 30 games with Atomic Planet Entertainment Limited
- 8 games with Acclaim Studios Teesside
- 5 games with Acclaim Entertainment, Inc.
- 5 games with Acclaim Distribution, Inc.
- 5 games with Mastertronic Group Ltd.
- 5 games with Blast Entertainment Ltd.
- 4 games with Acclaim Studios Austin
- 4 games with Valve Corporation
- 3 games with Codemasters Software...
- 3 games with Midas Interactive...
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