Paul Wedgwood

Paul Wedgwood
Born June 1970 (age 46)
Occupation CEO, and co-founder of Splash Damage

Paul Wedgwood (born June 1970) is one of three founders of video game developer Splash Damage and currently the CEO of the company.

Career

Paul Wedgwood was born in June 1970. Wedgwood started his career in the early 1990s as a network engineer attending major clients such as the Home Office and 10 Downing Street.[1] However he first joined the games industry in 1999 when he became infrastructure manager for BarrysWorld a multiplayer gaming website and ISP. During this time he spent much of his time working as a presenter and commentator on an videogame TV show broadcasting to Australasia, called Lock 'n Load. [2]

Alongside Barrysworld, Wedgwood worked as part of an amateur development team under his online alias 'Locki' on a modification of the game Quake III Arena entitled Quake 3 Fortress. A number of these core members later went on to form the video game developer Splash Damage in May 2001.

Since founding Splash Damage, Wedgwood has been credited on a number of games [3] including Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory, Doom 3, Quake Wars and Brink.

In July 2016, the sale of British games developer Splash Damage to Leyou was announced, for up to $150 million by Wedgwood, its sole owner, co-founder and chief executive.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Paul Wedgwood's profile on Linkedin". Linkedin. Retrieved 2016-07-15.
  2. ↑ "Frags to Riches - An Interview with Splash Damage's Paul Wedgwood". GamaSutra. Retrieved 2016-07-15.
  3. ↑ "Paul Wedgwood's profile on MobyGames". MobyGames. Retrieved 2016-07-15.
  4. ↑ Alex Hern (1970-01-01). "Chinese chicken supplier buys UK games developer Splash Damage | Technology". The Guardian. Retrieved 2016-07-15.
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