Chris Lacey
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Chris has worked in the games industry for over 8 years now.
He started as a tester for the Take Two group (including G.O.D. - A.K.A Gathering Games & Rockstar Games). Working across all the platforms (like PlayStation - GTA London, GTA2 & Monkey Hero, Dreamcast - GTA2, N64 - Monster Truck Madness & Space Station Silicon Valley, PC - Hidden & Dangerous & Railroad Tycoon 2). Then he became a Lead Tester at Take 2, working on games like Grudge Warriors (PS1).
Whilst at the Take 2 group he was made an Associate Producer working on games such as MotoX Mania (PS1), Age of Wonders 2 & Age of Sale 2 (PC)
Then he evolved into being the worldwide producer (Except US) on games such as: Tropico: Paradise Island & Pirate Cove 2 & Trade Empires (PC)
Then became a full Producer on games like: Age of Wonders: Shadow Magic & Tropico: Mucho Macho Edition, Tang Tang (GBA)
While at Take 2 he had many trips all over the place, talking and directing developers into creating great games. He was the main point of contact for all submissions and dealt with all hardware vendors (like: Nvidia, ATI, Matrox, SIS, Creative & AMD) about technology, support & Marketing.
He later went on to work on PhotoShop CS2 at SDL, working on Mac (OS Tiger) & PC versions for English, Italian & Spanish versions. Here he learnt a lot about Photoshop other then just touching up screenshots, and how to use it well.
After this he moved over to SEGA to organise there new PC QA Suite.
He later moved over to Free Radical Design as a Project Manager \ Associate Producer on there new game with UbiSoft – Haze, on (PlayStaion 3, Xbox 360 + Live & PC). He works very closely with the Engine Programmers, Game Programmers, Art teams, Animation guys, Design team & Sound Gurus.
Looking forward to a great year coming up with some fantastic games coming out and a new generation of consoles.
Credited on 30 games
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Haze (2008 on PlayStation 3) | Associate Producer |
Worms Forts: Under Siege (2004 on Windows) | Testers |
Worldwide Soccer Manager 2005 (2004 on Windows) | QA Team |
Railroad Tycoon 3 (2003 on Windows) | Associate Producer |
Age of Wonders: Shadow Magic (2003 on Windows) | Producer |
Tropico 2: Pirate Cove (2003 on Windows) | Producer |
Vietcong (2003 on Windows) | Multiplayer Test Team |
Airlines 2 (2002 on Windows) | Producer |
Tropico: Paradise Island (2002 on Windows) | Producer |
Tropico: Mucho Macho Edition (2002 on Windows) | Producer |
Age of Wonders II: The Wizard's Throne (2002 on Windows) | Producer |
Trade Empires (2001 on Windows) | Producer |
Tang Tang (2001 on Game Boy Advance) | Producer |
City Crisis (2001 on PlayStation 2) | Special Thanks |
Merchant Prince II (2001 on Windows) | Producer |
Age of Sail II (2001 on Windows) | Producer |
Railroad Tycoon II: Gold Edition (2001 on Windows) | Quality Assurance |
Loco-Commotion (2001 on Windows) | Technical Associate Producer |
Motocross Mania (2001 on PlayStation) | Producer |
Grand Theft Auto: London - Special Edition (2000 on PlayStation) | Tested by |
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Frequent Collaborators
- 19 games with Gary Sims
- 17 games with Mark Lloyd
- 15 games with Jon Broadbridge
- 14 games with Charlie Kinloch
- 14 games with Chris Madgwick
- 13 games with Lee Brown
- 12 games with Sarah Seaby
- 11 games with Luke Vernon
- 11 games with Timothy Bates
- 10 games with Kit Brown
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