Kevin Saunders (video game developer)

Kevin D. Saunders is an American video game designer and producer, best known for his roles in developing Neverwinter Nights 2: Mask of the Betrayer (Producer and Lead Designer), Neverwinter Nights 2: Storm of Zehir (Producer),[1] and Torment: Tides of Numenera (Project Director).[2][3]

Kevin D. Saunders
NationalityAmerican
OccupationGame designer, Video game producer
Known forNeverwinter Nights 2: Mask of the Betrayer, Torment: Tides of Numenera, Neverwinter Nights 2: Storm of Zehir

Career

Saunders graduated with a Masters of Engineering from Cornell University, and began his career at Nexon, as director and lead designer on Nexus: The Kingdom of the Winds and Shattered Galaxy, which won multiple awards at the 2001 Independent Games Festival.[4] He went on to work as a designer at Westwood Studios (on Command & Conquer Generals: Zero Hour and Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-Earth), before becoming a senior designer and producer at Obsidian Entertainment (on Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II – The Sith Lords,[5] Mask of the Betrayer, Storm of Zehir, Aliens: Crucible, and Dungeon Siege III). He next joined inXile Entertainment, where he served in a production role on Wasteland 2 before helping Torment: Tides of Numenera become, at the time, the most successful Kickstarter ever.[6] He served as project director on Torment before turning to Nexon, where he served as Head of Studio on the company's Nebula project. His last game work was for Arcanity, providing story, design, and production assistance on Tanzia.[7][8]

In addition to this work, Saunders served as Creative Director at Alelo, where he led the development of an award-winning language-learning RPG. Saunders also authored a college text on game interface design (Game Development Essentials: Game Interface Design).[7]

References
  1. Gillen, Kieron (19 June 2008). "Neverwinter Nights 2: Storm of Zehir Interview". Rock Paper Shotgun. Retrieved March 28, 2013.
  2. Game Banshee (27 March 2013). "Torment: Tides of Numenera Interview". Game Banshee. Retrieved March 28, 2013.
  3. Kuchera, Ben (17 March 2013). "The men who believed in, and risked their careers for, a new Torment". Penny Arcade. Retrieved March 28, 2013.
  4. Saunders, Kevin (April 2005). "Jedi Mind Tricks: Choice and consequence in Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II", Game Developer 12 (4): 30–36.
  5. Carless, Simon (April 2005). "Money hats: Fett's Vette", Game Developer 12 (4): 2.
  6. Peel, Jeremy (4 March 2013). "InXile to fund Torment sequel via Kickstarter; Chris Avellone sends stickynotes of endorsement". PCGamesN. Retrieved March 26, 2013.
  7. "Kevin D. Saunders Video Game Credits and Biography". MobyGames. Retrieved 2020-01-08.
  8. Saunders, Kevin (7 January 2020). "LinkedIn". LinkedIn.


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