Denny Thorley is an American video game designer.

Career

In 1995, Denny Thorley and

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formed a new company, FASA Interactive and then FASA Corporation (the RPG company) provided FASA Interactive with a license for its properties in return for stock. Thorley was also president of

Day 1 Studios Wargaming Chicago-Baltimore (formerly Meyer/Glass Interactive, L.L.C., Day 1 Studios, LLC and Wargaming West Corporation) is an American game developer that operates in Chicago, Illinois and Hunt Valley, Maryland. History They worked in tandem ...

. ''

MechAssault ''MechAssault'' is a video game released for the Xbox notable for being one of the first games to support Xbox Live online multiplayer. Developed by Day 1 Studios and published by Microsoft, ''MechAssault'' was initiated when Denny Thorley of Day ...

'' was initiated when Thorley approached

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of Microsoft about developing an original ''

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'' game built from the ground up to support console play.

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