Jeff Pobst
Moby ID: 5131
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Jeff is CEO of Hidden Path Entertainment, a 35-person video game company founded in 2006. HPE has developed games and entertainment with Microsoft, Sony, Nintendo, and Valve, independently releasing the award-winning tower defense game Defense Grid on the Xbox 360 and PC, and shipping Counter-Strike Global Offensive on four platforms last August.
Jeff has served as a game programmer, producer, team lead, and operations officer, shipping over 25 games on six platforms, including games in the Half-Life, Homeworld, and Lord of the Rings franchises. At Microsoft, Jeff rolled out the first information on Xbox 360 to game developers around the world and participated on the Xbox 360 portfolio team.
Before game development, Jeff earned a doctorate in Aerospace Engineering, was a film student, a propulsion researcher, and a satellite project manager.
Credited on 27 games
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| Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition (2019, Windows) | Hidden Path Entertainment |
| Homeworld: Remastered Collection (2015, Windows) | Producer, Ext. Development |
| Satellite Reign (2014, Windows) | Special Thanks |
| Defense Grid 2 (2014, Xbox One) | Hidden Path employees |
| Age of Empires II: HD Edition (2013, Windows) | Hidden Path Entertainment |
| Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (2012, Windows) | Hidden Path Entertainment |
| Attanck!3 (2012, Xbox 360) | Special Thanks |
| SOL: Exodus (2012, Windows) | Special Thanks |
| Attanck!2: Printers Gone Wild (2011, Xbox 360) | Special Thanks |
| Attanck! (2011, Xbox 360) | Special Thanks |
| Defense Grid: The Awakening (2008, Windows) | Hidden Path Entertainment is |
| The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2002, PlayStation 2) | Voice Direction |
| The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2002, Xbox) | Voice Direction |
| Half-Life (2001, PlayStation 2) | Senior Producer |
| Throne of Darkness (2001, Windows) | Production |
| Half-Life: Blue Shift (2001, Windows) | Gearbox would like to give Special Thanks to |
| Arcanum: Of Steamworks & Magick Obscura (2001, Windows) | Production |
| Ground Control: Dark Conspiracy (2000, Windows) | Producer |
| Gunman Chronicles (2000, Windows) | Producer |
| Homeworld: Cataclysm (2000, Windows) | Producer |
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Frequent Collaborators
People- 14 games with J. Mark Hood
- 14 games with Ken Eaton
- 14 games with Bernadette Pryor
- 14 games with Gary Stevens
- 14 games with James Veevaert
- 13 games with Scott Lynch
- 11 games with Doug Lombardi
- 10 games with Genevieve Waldman
- 10 games with Kellie Cosner
- 10 games with Koren Hubbard
Companies
- 14 games with Sierra Entertainment, Inc.
- 14 games with Valve Corporation
- 14 games with Activision Blizzard...
- 11 games with Activision Blizzard France SAS
- 10 games with Vivendi Games (UK) Limited
- 9 games with Leader S.p.a.
- 5 games with Epic Games Tools LLC
- 5 games with Gearbox Software LLC
- 4 games with Relic Entertainment Inc
- 4 games with Hidden Path Entertainment, Inc.
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