Alan Patmore
Encyclopedia
Alan Patmore is an American
video game designer and producer who has worked in video game development for over fourteen years.
As co-founder and Studio Head of Surreal Software, he has delivered numerous critically acclaimed and commercially successful video games in multiple genres. Released in 1999, Drakan: Order of the Flame was twice nominated as Best Action-Adventure Game at E3, and was followed by Drakan: The Ancients’ Gates in 2002 to similar acclaim. Released later the same year, The Lord of the Rings: The Followship of the Ring went on to sell over 1.8 million units. The Suffering, Surreal’s action-horror title from 2004, showed the studio’s ability to move in new directions with great success, hailed by critics and selling over 1.5 million units. The Suffering: Ties That Bind, expanded the franchise in 2005. After Midway acquired Surreal in 2004, Patmore oversaw Surreal’s transition to open world video game development, and in 2008, announced Surreal’s current project, This Is Vegas, the first open world game to capture all the excitement, energy, and sin of America’s favorite playground, Las Vegas. In 2009, Patmore left Surreal after the sale of Surreal to WB to pursue new opportunities. In early 2010, Patmore became the VP of Product Development at the award winning video game studio Double Fine Productions. Patmore is a much sought-after authority within the industry on topics including project management, creative development, and industry trends and practices.
Patmore been interviewed by a variety of publications, including The New York Times
, on subjects ranging from Game Theory to the "Hollywood Model" of Outsourcing and Women in Gaming.
He is now a Studio General Manager at Zynga
.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
video game designer and producer who has worked in video game development for over fourteen years.
As co-founder and Studio Head of Surreal Software, he has delivered numerous critically acclaimed and commercially successful video games in multiple genres. Released in 1999, Drakan: Order of the Flame was twice nominated as Best Action-Adventure Game at E3, and was followed by Drakan: The Ancients’ Gates in 2002 to similar acclaim. Released later the same year, The Lord of the Rings: The Followship of the Ring went on to sell over 1.8 million units. The Suffering, Surreal’s action-horror title from 2004, showed the studio’s ability to move in new directions with great success, hailed by critics and selling over 1.5 million units. The Suffering: Ties That Bind, expanded the franchise in 2005. After Midway acquired Surreal in 2004, Patmore oversaw Surreal’s transition to open world video game development, and in 2008, announced Surreal’s current project, This Is Vegas, the first open world game to capture all the excitement, energy, and sin of America’s favorite playground, Las Vegas. In 2009, Patmore left Surreal after the sale of Surreal to WB to pursue new opportunities. In early 2010, Patmore became the VP of Product Development at the award winning video game studio Double Fine Productions. Patmore is a much sought-after authority within the industry on topics including project management, creative development, and industry trends and practices.
Patmore been interviewed by a variety of publications, including The New York Times
The New York Times
The New York Times is an American daily newspaper founded and continuously published in New York City since 1851. The New York Times has won 106 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any news organization...
, on subjects ranging from Game Theory to the "Hollywood Model" of Outsourcing and Women in Gaming.
He is now a Studio General Manager at Zynga
Zynga
Zynga is a social network game developer located in San Francisco, United States. The company develops browser-based games that work both stand-alone and as application widgets on social networking websites such as Facebook and MySpace....
.
Games
- Drakan: Order of the FlameDrakan: Order of the FlameDrakan: Order of the Flame is an action-adventure computer game developed by Surreal Software and published by Psygnosis in 1999. The game follows Rynn, a young woman with extraordinary martial skills, and an ancient dragon Arokh on their quest to free Rynn's younger brother from the evil sorcerer...
(1999) - Drakan: The Ancients' GatesDrakan: The Ancients' GatesDrakan: The Ancients' Gates is an action-adventure PlayStation 2 game with RPG elements by Surreal Software. It is the sequel to the 1999 PC game Drakan: Order of the Flame....
(2002) - The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the RingThe Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (video game)The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring is a 2002 cross-platform video game developed based on the first volume of J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings. WXP developed the game for Xbox, while Surreal developed the PC and PlayStation 2 version, and Pocket Studios delevoped the game for...
(2002) - The Suffering (2004)
- The Suffering: Ties That BindThe Suffering: Ties That BindThe Suffering: Ties That Bind is a video game developed by Surreal Software and published by Midway Games, released in 2005 for the Xbox and PlayStation 2 game consoles as well as the PC. The Xbox version of the game is not supported by the Xbox 360's backwards compatibility feature.It is the...
(2005) - Costume QuestCostume QuestCostume Quest is an adventure role-playing video game developed by Double Fine Productions and published by THQ. In the game, the player controls a child that is trick-or-treating with their twin on Halloween night when they encounter a monster that kidnaps the sibling...
(2010) - StackingStackingStacking may refer to:* Stacking * Stacking , a 2011 game from Double Fine involving matryoshka dolls* A gang signal made with the hands* Sport stacking, played using plastic cups* A film directed and produced by Martin Rosen...
(2011)