Rich Waters

Rich Waters

Game Director

Redwood City, CA

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Work History
  • Game Director

    Crystal Dynamics

    June 2011 - Present
  • Sr. Creative Director

    Sony Online Entertainment

    August 2001 - June 2011

    In my ten years at Sony Online, I was Lead Designer for EverQuest, EverQuest II, Dark Kingdom, and Free Realms, as well as Creative Director for the EverQuest family of games.

  • Lead Designer

    Midway Games West

    October 1999 - July 2001

    Lead Designer for Gauntlet Legends(Playstation) and Joust 3D.

  • Designer

    The 3DO Company

    September 1998 - October 1999

    Designer on High Heat Baseball

  • Lead Designer

    Ariok Entertainment

    December 1997 - August 1998

    Lead Designer for Choplifter 3D.

  • Producer

    Abalone Entertainment Software Development

    February 1997 - September 1997
  • Game Designer

    Accolade

    January 1995 - January 1997
  • Designer

    Creative Insights / Ybarra Productions

    September 1993 - January 1995

    Designer on Shadows of Yserbius, Fates of Twinion, and Alien Legacy for Sierra/ImagiNation Network.

    This was a funny company because we started working at Ybarra Productions, merged the company to form Creative Insights, then sold the development team to Accolade. It was essentially one job, but the company name on my paychecks kept changing.