Glen Schofield
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Glen A. Schofield is currently the V.P., GM for Sledgehammer Games
and the former V.P., GM at EA Visceral Games
and was the creator and Executive Producer of the third-person shooter
Dead Space
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where he started drawing at an early age. Glen has a Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) from Pratt Institute and an MBA from Golden Gate University.
Glen became GM of Redwood Shores Studio in July 2008 while finishing Dead Space. In 2009, he quit work at Redwood Shores Studio to create Sledgehammer Games
along with Michael Condrey, who had also quit work at Redwood Shores Studio. Other games include:
Glen was also a storyboard director and created over 100 characters for the animated series The Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers.
Sledgehammer Games
Sledgehammer Games is an American video game developer, formed in 2009 by industry veterans Glen Schofield and Michael Condrey, both of whom formerly worked at Visceral Games, and are responsible for the award-winning Dead Space franchise.-History:...
and the former V.P., GM at EA Visceral Games
Visceral Games
Visceral Games is a video game development studio internally owned by Electronic Arts. They are perhaps best known for the critically acclaimed Dead Space series.-History:...
and was the creator and Executive Producer of the third-person shooter
Third-person shooter
Third-person shooter is a genre of 3D action games in which the player character is visible on-screen, and the gameplay consists primarily of shooting.-Definition:...
Dead Space
Dead Space (video game)
Dead Space is a survival horror third-person shooter video game, developed by EA Redwood Shores for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. The game was made available on Steam on October 20, 2008...
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Early and professional life
Glen was born in a small town in New JerseyNew Jersey
New Jersey is a state in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. , its population was 8,791,894. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania and on the southwest by Delaware...
where he started drawing at an early age. Glen has a Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) from Pratt Institute and an MBA from Golden Gate University.
Glen became GM of Redwood Shores Studio in July 2008 while finishing Dead Space. In 2009, he quit work at Redwood Shores Studio to create Sledgehammer Games
Sledgehammer Games
Sledgehammer Games is an American video game developer, formed in 2009 by industry veterans Glen Schofield and Michael Condrey, both of whom formerly worked at Visceral Games, and are responsible for the award-winning Dead Space franchise.-History:...
along with Michael Condrey, who had also quit work at Redwood Shores Studio. Other games include:
- The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends (1992)
- Swamp ThingSwamp Thing (video game)Swamp Thing is a platform video game for the NES and Game Boy. Based on the animated series of the same name, it was published by THQ and released December 1992....
(1992) - Street Fighter: The MovieStreet Fighter: The Movie (home video game)Street Fighter: The Movie, released in Japan as , is a head-to-head fighting game released for the PlayStation and Sega Saturn. The game is based on the 1994 live-action Street Fighter movie and uses digitized images of the films cast posing as the characters in the game...
(1995) - Gex: Enter the GeckoGex: Enter the GeckoGex: Enter the Gecko is a platform game released in 1998. It is the sequel to the 1994 game Gex. The game involves collecting 3 types of remotes to unlock different levels, and to aid in the fight against Rez.-Story:Since his retirement from the public eye in 1996, Gex has resided himself to a...
(1998) - Akuji the HeartlessAkuji the HeartlessAkuji the Heartless is an action-adventure video game, released in 1998 on the PlayStation. It uses a modified Gex: Enter the Gecko engine, and both games were developed by Crystal Dynamics...
(1998) - Knockout KingsKnockout KingsKnockout Kings is a series of boxing games that were produced by EA Sports for the PlayStation, Nintendo 64, PlayStation 2, Xbox, Game Boy Color and GameCube yearly between 1998 and 2003....
(1998-2003) - Gex 3: Deep Cover GeckoGex 3: Deep Cover GeckoGex 3: Deep Cover Gecko is the last in the trilogy of Gex video games. Red Dwarf star Danny John-Jules provided the voice for Gex in the UK and European release, but comedian Dana Gould reprised the role for the American release, also starring the Playboy model Marliece Andrada as Agent Xtra, the...
(1999) - Mad Dash RacingMad Dash RacingMad Dash Racing is a racing game for the Xbox and was released as a launch title in November 2001...
(2001) - Blood Omen 2 (2002)
- The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the KingThe Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (video game)The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King is a 2003 cross-platform third-person hack and slash video game based on Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King. The game was published by EA Games and developed by EA Redwood Shores and...
(2003) - From Russia with Love (2005)
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 is a first-person shooter video game, developed by Infinity Ward and Sledgehammer Games, with Raven Software having assisted in development...
(2011) - Penn & Teller's Smoke and MirrorsPenn & Teller's Smoke and MirrorsPenn & Teller's Smoke and Mirrors is an unreleased video game that was planned for release initially on the Sega CD in April 1995 and to be followed by PC and 3DO versions later that year. The game starred the comedy-magician duo Penn & Teller...
(not released)
Glen was also a storyboard director and created over 100 characters for the animated series The Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers.