Paul Neurath
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Since March 2011 Paul Neurath is a creative director at the Boston, US office of Zynga. Previously he founded the development studio Floodgate Entertainment in 2000. In March 2011 Zynga hired all six employees of the company and Floodgate was discontinued.
Neurath started making videogames in the mid-1980s as an independent game author who created several award-winning computer games. In 1990 he founded Blue Sky Productions, which was later renamed to LookingGlass, and became a leading US game development studio. Looking Glass developed eighteen titles and generated over $120M in sales. As creative director of the studio, Paul designed and directed the development of such acclaimed titles as Ultima Underworld, Terra Nova, Flight Unlimited, and Thief, which collectively earned over a dozen game-of-the-year awards.
He was also instrumental in pioneering breakthrough gaming technologies, including 3D texture mapping and photorealistic terrain. As the founder and Creative Director of FloodGate Entertainment, Paul oversees all design, development and research efforts of the company.
Credited on 30 games
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| Underworld Ascendant (2018, Windows) | CEO |
| Underworld Overlord (2018, Android) | Creative Direction |
| Codename Cygnus (2014, Android) | Special Thanks |
| Great Migrations (2010, Windows) | Creative Director |
| Daycare Nightmare: Mini-Monsters (2008, Windows) | Creative Director |
| Daycare Nightmare (2007, Windows) | Creative Director |
| Dark Messiah: Might and Magic (2006, Windows) | Special Thanks |
| Neverwinter Nights: Hordes of the Underdark (2003, Windows) | Creative Director |
| Neverwinter Nights: Shadows of Undrentide (2003, Windows) | Creative Director |
| Arx Fatalis (2002, Windows) | Special Thanks |
| Jane's Combat Simulations: Attack Squadron (2002, Windows) | LG Team |
| Thief II: The Metal Age (2000, Windows) | Managing Director |
| Thief: Gold (1999, Windows) | Managing Director |
| Destruction Derby 64 (1999, Nintendo 64) | Special Thanks |
| System Shock 2 (1999, Windows) | Managing Director |
| Flight Unlimited III (1999, Windows) | Looking Glass Management |
| Thief: The Dark Project (1998, Windows) | Looking Glass Management |
| Flight Unlimited II (1997, Windows) | Looking Glass Management |
| British Open Championship Golf (1997, Windows) | Special Thanks |
| Terra Nova: Strike Force Centauri (1996, DOS) | Original Concept |
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Frequent Collaborators
People- 12 games with Eric Brosius
- 12 games with Kemal Amarasingham
- 11 games with Steve Pearsall
- 10 games with Doug Church
- 10 games with Kevin Wasserman
- 9 games with David Teichholtz
- 9 games with Andrew Meuse
- 9 games with James Wiley Fleming
- 8 games with Marc LeBlanc
- 8 games with Michael J. Steinkrauss
Companies
- 12 games with Looking Glass Studios, Inc.
- 8 games with Floodgate Entertainment, LLC
- 6 games with ORIGIN Systems, Inc.
- 6 games with Valve Corporation
- 5 games with Eidos, Inc.
- 4 games with Square Enix Limited
- 4 games with Mastertronic Games Ltd.
- 4 games with Leader S.p.a.
- 4 games with Eidos GmbH
- 4 games with GOG Limited
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