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Michael Bacon (artist)
Michael Bacon (born 1968) is an American 3D artist/animator/designer/musician who has been working in the video game industry since 1996. He has worked on an array of large scale production game titles as Art Director/Lead Artist or Senior Artist with such companies as THQ, Sony Online Entertainment, Boss Game Studios, n-Space, Jaleco Inc, Volition (company), Volition, Hasbro Toy Company, and Aramat Productions. Game industry Michael Bacon is currently Senior Artist at Amazon Game Studios working on their New World MMO game franchise. He previously was Lead Environment Artist at Intrepid Studios working on Ashes of Creation. Before that, was Senior Artist at Sony Online Entertainment in San Diego, California working on the popular ''EverQuest 2'' MMORPG franchise for the Personal computer, PC. Projects there include the international release of ''EverQuest II: Sentinel's Fate'', ''EverQuest II: The Complete Collection'', ''EverQuest II: The Shadow Odyssey'', ''EverQuest II: Des ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rise Of Kunark
''EverQuest II: Rise of Kunark'' is the fourth '' EverQuest II'' expansion pack from Sony Online Entertainment. The expansion pack introduces a new continent, Kunark; a new player race, the Sarnak; and raises the level cap for adventure, tradeskills and guilds to 80."Official Rise of Kunark site" , ''Sony Online Entertainment''. Accessed October 14, 2007. History of Kunark Over the five hundred years transpired between the setting of the original '' EverQuest'' and ''EverQuest II'', the continent of Kunark has changed in many important ways. The various cataclysms that occurred during this period in Norrath had a tangible impact on Kunark, with many areas of the geography being unrecognizable to those fa ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Big Shiny Games
Big or BIG may refer to: * Big, of great size or degree Film and television * ''Big'' (film), a 1988 fantasy-comedy film starring Tom Hanks * ''Big!'', a Discovery Channel television show * ''Richard Hammond's Big'', a television show presented by Richard Hammond * ''Big'' (TV series), a 2012 South Korean TV series * ''Banana Island Ghost'', a 2017 fantasy action comedy film Music * '' Big: the musical'', a 1996 musical based on the film * Big Records, a record label * ''Big'' (album), a 2007 album by Macy Gray * "Big" (Dead Letter Circus song) * "Big" (Sneaky Sound System song) * "Big" (Rita Ora and Imanbek song) * "Big", a 1990 song by New Fast Automatic Daffodils * "Big", a 2021 song by Jade Eagleson from ''Honkytonk Revival'' * The Notorious B.I.G., an American rapper Places * Allen Army Airfield (IATA code), Alaska, US * BIG, a VOR navigational beacon at London Biggin Hill Airport * Big River (other), various rivers (and other things) * Big Island (disamb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Action Shooter
Action may refer to: * Action (narrative), a literary mode * Action fiction, a type of genre fiction * Action game, a genre of video game Film * Action film, a genre of film * ''Action'' (1921 film), a film by John Ford * ''Action'' (1980 film), a film by Tinto Brass * ''Action 3D'', a 2013 Telugu language film * ''Action'' (2019 film), a Kollywood film. Music * Action (music), a characteristic of a stringed instrument * Action (piano), the mechanism which drops the hammer on the string when a key is pressed * The Action, a 1960s band Albums * ''Action'' (B'z album) (2007) * ''Action!'' (Desmond Dekker album) (1968) * ''Action Action Action'' or ''Action'', a 1965 album by Jackie McLean * ''Action!'' (Oh My God album) (2002) * ''Action'' (Oscar Peterson album) (1968) * ''Action'' (Punchline album) (2004) * ''Action'' (Question Mark & the Mysterians album) (1967) * ''Action'' (Uppermost album) (2011) * ''Action'' (EP), a 2012 EP by NU'EST * ''Action'', a 1984 albu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
IPad
The iPad is a brand of iOS and iPadOS-based tablet computers that are developed by Apple Inc. The iPad was conceived before the related iPhone but the iPhone was developed and released first. Speculation about the development, operating system, and release of the original iPad began in 2002 prior to its introduction on January 20, 2010. The iPad range consists of the original iPad lineup and the flagship products iPad Mini, iPad Air, and iPad Pro. The iPhone's iOS operating system (OS) was initially used for the iPad but in September 2019, its OS was switched to a fork of iOS called iPadOS that has better support for the device's hardware and its user interface is customized for the tablets' larger screens. The iPad's App Store is subject to application and content approval. Many older devices are susceptible to jailbreaking, which circumvents these restrictions. The original iPad was well-received for its software and was recognized as one of the most-influential inven ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Retro Assault
Retro style is imitative or consciously derivative of lifestyles, trends, or art forms from history, including in music, modes, fashions, or attitudes. In popular culture, the "nostalgia cycle" is typically for the two decades that begin 20–30 years ago. Definition The term ''retro'' has been in use since 1972 to describe on the one hand, new artifacts that self-consciously refer to particular modes, motifs, techniques, and materials of the past. But on the other hand, many people use the term to categorize styles that have been created in the past. Retro style refers to new things that display characteristics of the past. Unlike the historicism of the Romantic generations, it is mostly the recent past that retro seeks to recapitulate, focusing on the products, fashions, and artistic styles produced since the Industrial Revolution, the successive styles of Modernity. The English word ''retro'' derives from the Latin prefix ''retro'', meaning backwards, or in past times. In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daybreak Games
Daybreak Game Company LLC is an American video game developer based in San Diego. The company was founded in December 1997 as Sony Online Entertainment, a subsidiary of Sony Computer Entertainment, but was spun off to an independent investor in February 2015 and renamed Daybreak Game Company. On December 1, 2020, Daybreak Game Company entered into an agreement to be acquired by Enad Global 7. They are known for owning, maintaining, and creating additional content for the games ''EverQuest'', ''EverQuest II'', ''The Matrix Online'', ''PlanetSide'', ''Star Wars Galaxies'', ''Clone Wars Adventures'', ''Free Realms'', '' Vanguard: Saga of Heroes'', ''DC Universe Online'', ''PlanetSide 2'', '' H1Z1: Just Survive'', and '' H1Z1: King of the Kill'', along with more recent acquisitions ''Dungeons and Dragons Online'', '' Magic: The Gathering Online'' and ''Lord of the Rings Online''. History Sony Online Entertainment Inc. (1997–2005) Sony Online Entertainment began with Sony Interac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
EverQuest 2
''EverQuest II'' is a 3D fantasy massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) originally developed and published by Sony Online Entertainment for Microsoft Windows PCs and released in November 2004. It is the sequel to the original ''EverQuest,'' released five years earlier, and features updated graphics and more streamlined gameplay compared to the previous entry, as well as an abundance of voice acting with contributions from actors such as Christopher Lee and Heather Graham. In February 2015, Sony Online Entertainment's parent corporation Sony Computer Entertainment sold it to investment company Inception Acquisitions, where it continues to develop and publish the game under its new name, Daybreak Game Company. The game is set in an alternate future 500 years after the events of the first ''EverQuest'', and is meant to run alongside its predecessor without interfering with the original story. It features characters and locations from the original that have been al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Intrepid Studios
Intrepid, Intrepida, Intrepide, Intrepido, or ''similar'', may refer to: People and organizations * Intrepid, the code name of William Stephenson, the Canadian World War II spymaster * The Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum in Manhattan * Intrepid Travel, Australia based small group adventure company * Intrepid Games, a satellite company of the computer game developer Lionhead Studios, now disbanded * Intrepid Kart, an Italian kart racing chassis manufacturer * Intrepid Camera, a British large format camera manufacturer Vessels and vehicles * , any of several French Navy ships, dating back to 1666 * , any of several Royal Navy ships, dating back to 1747 * '' L'Intrépide'', a French military observation balloon of 1795 * , any of several US Navy and fictional ships, dating back to 1803 * ''Intrepid'' (balloon aircraft), an American Civil War military observation balloon *, any of several Italian Navy ships, dating back to 1912 * **Spanish ship ''Intrépido'' (1790), a San ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ashes Of Creation
''Ashes of Creation'' is an upcoming sandbox massively multiplayer online role-playing game being developed and published by Intrepid Studios. It was announced in 2016 and gained recognition by hosting a Kickstarter campaign, meeting in goal of $750,000 in under 12 hours, eventually raising over $3 million. It features a dynamic system of world building, where players actions directly contribute to the layout of the game world. Gameplay In ''Ashes of Creation'' players can pick from a range of races and classes. Initially, the player creates their character and picks one of the nine races. These consist of Kaelar or Vaelune Human, Empyrean or Py'rai Elf, Ren'kai or Vek Orc, Dünir or Niküa Dwarf, and the Tulnar. The players will also pick one of the eight primary archetypes which consist of Tank, Cleric, Mage, Fighter, Rogue, Ranger, Bard, and Summoner. Upon reaching level 25, the player can pick a secondary archetype from the initial list creating a combination of 64 possib ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amazon Game Studios
Amazon Games (formerly Amazon Game Studios) is an American video game company and division of the online retailing company Amazon that primarily focuses on publishing video games developed within the company's development divisions. History In 2011, Amazon opened the Amazon Appstore and started to hire developers for mobile social games. In 2012, Amazon Game Studios released Living Classics, a social game for Facebook. Amazon first announced that it would create computer games in 2014. Amazon recruited Kim Swift (''Portal'', who has since left for Microsoft Games Studios), Clint Hocking (''Far Cry 2''), and developers who previously worked on '' System Shock 2''. Amazon sought to make games in-between the industry standards of small and large teams making casual and AAA games, respectively. Amazon Game Studios wanted to make teams of five to thirty people who would work on games for between a year and 18 months with a focus on "creativity" and "craftsmanship", whether the genr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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