Taehoon Oh

Taehoon Oh is a computer graphic specialist, game designer and developer. He is a co-founder and COO at Studio Roqovan, formerly known as Reload Studios.[1][2] He was a lead artist and was one of the pioneer developers of the Call of Duty game franchise.[3] He is also one of the co-founders of the non-gaming virtual reality subdivision of Studio Roqovan called Rascali, launched in September 2015.[4][5]

Taehoon Oh
Born
오태훈

Seoul, South Korea
TitleGame Designer, COO at Studio Roqovan

Career

Oh is the owner of Stunt Corgi & serves as Chief Operating Officer at Reload Studios, which he founded in 2014 with James Chung and later renamed as Studio Roqovan.[6][7][8][9] There, in 2016, he developed a new game, World War Toons, a first-person multiplayer shooter game compatible with 3D VR (Virtual Reality) and PSVR.[10][11]

While working for Infinity Ward (the original COD developers) from 2004 to 2014,[12] Taehoon as a senior and lead artist designed over 50 vehicles and 100 weapons used in Call of duty’s different versions including Call of Duty 2, Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, and Call Of Duty Ghost.[13][14][15]

In 2007, he won the global game art competition for the game Dominance War,[16][17] and he served as a judge in various gaming competitions.[18][19]

Early life

Oh's early education took place in South Korea. His gaming interest was developed when his father bought him an Apple II personal computer.[12]

Awards

World Champion of global games art competition held in 2007 for the game Dominance war.[16]

References
  1. "Call of Duty talent forms Reload Studios". GamesIndustry.biz. Retrieved 15 April 2016.
  2. Al-Obaidi, Zeena. "World War Toons Devs Reload Studios Rebrand as Studio Roqovan, Inc".
  3. "Thought Call of Duty was good? Wait until you see what its makers are working on next". Dailystar.co.uk. 2014-07-17. Retrieved 2017-05-23.
  4. "World War Toons Dev Launches New VR Lab, Working with WoofbertVR". VRFocus.com. Retrieved 15 April 2016.
  5. "Co-founder Rascalli". roqovan.com.
  6. "stuntcorgi.xyz - Your Ultimate Place to Buy Virtual Reality Headset". Retrieved 2020-07-05.
  7. Moriarty, Colin (2014-07-14). "Ex-Call of Duty Devs Found Brand New Studio". IGN. Retrieved 2017-05-23.
  8. "Ex-Call of Duty Devs Discuss Making New Multiplayer Virtual Reality Shooter". GameSpot. Retrieved 2017-05-23.
  9. "Former Call of Duty Devs Create New Studio Reload to Make VR Games". GameSpot. Retrieved 2017-05-23.
  10. "World War Toons". Playstation. Retrieved 2017-05-23.
  11. "Hands on with Reload Studios' new VR FPS, World War Toons - UploadVR". UploadVR. 2015-03-22. Retrieved 2017-05-23.
  12. "Reload Studios' Taehoon Oh: From Call of Duty to Virtual Reality – The Korea Times". www.koreatimesus.com. Retrieved 2017-05-23.
  13. "Call Of Duty : Modern Warfare 3 Weapons And Vehicles by Taehoon Oh". Game Art Hub. 2013-07-23. Retrieved 2017-05-23.
  14. "TaeHoon Oh (Person) - Giant Bomb". Giant Bomb. Retrieved 2017-05-30.
  15. "Call Of Duty Ghosts Vehicles And Weapon Art by Taehoon Oh". zworks.net. Retrieved 2017-05-30.
  16. "Dominance War - Homepage". www.dominancewar.com. Retrieved 2017-05-23.
  17. https://issuu.com/azmirothman/docs/digital_art_masters_vol.3 (Feb 6, 2017). "BIGUN, by Taehoon Oh". Digital Art Masters. 3: 241–243.
  18. "Honorary Judges | Moviefest". Retrieved 2017-05-23.
  19. "Extreme Makeovers | GameArtisans.org". GameArtisans.org. Retrieved 2017-05-23.
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