Louis Castle | |
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.jpg) Castle at aBAFTA event in Los Angeles in 2011 | |
| Occupation | Game designer |
| Known for | Co-foundingWestwood Studios Blade Runner |
Louis Castle is an American video games designer. He is known for co-foundingWestwood Studios, designing the PC gameBlade Runner, and collaborating withSteven Spielberg on theBoom Blox andBoom Blox Bash Party video games for theWii console based on Spielberg's design ideas.
Castle co-foundedWestwood Studios withBrett Sperry in 1985.[1][2][3] Castle has multiple credits on Westwood games, including executive producer, technical director, and art director for the 1997 video gameBlade Runner. Castle is also known for his contributions to multiple games in theCommand & Conquer series.[4]
Westwood was acquired by EA in 1998, and Castle continued on with EA in a number of executive and creative roles.[4] He was executive producer ofBoom Blox andBoom Blox Bash Party, developed for theWii in a collaboration withSteven Spielberg.[5][6] From 2003 to June 2009, Castle was Vice President of Creative Development at the Los Angeles studio of Electronic Arts (EA Los Angeles).[7]
On July 15, 2009, Castle joinedInstantAction as the newCEO ofGarageGames.[8] After InstantAction was shut down in November 2010, Castle went on to become Senior Advisor for Premium FanPage in January 2011,[9] and later joinedZynga as VP of Studios.[10]
Castle took a detour out of the video gaming industry to serve as Chief Strategy Officer for Shufflemaster (which becameSHFL entertainment) in late 2011.[11] He returned to video games as Creative Director forKixeye'sWar Commander: Rogue Assault which launched worldwide in 2016.[12]
On March 9, 2017, Castle became the head of the newly formedAmazon Game Studios Seattle.[13]
| Name | Year | Credited With | Publisher |
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| Fraction Action | 1986 | artist | Unicorn Software Company |
| Mars Saga | 1988 | designer, artist, programmer | Infocom,Electronic Arts |
| Donald's Alphabet Chase | 1988 | designer, artist | Disney Software |
| California Games (Amiga port) | 1988 | artist, programmer | Epyx |
| BattleTech: The Crescent Hawk's Inception | 1988 | programmer | Infocom |
| A Nightmare on Elm Street | 1989 | art director | Monarch Software |
| DragonStrike | 1990 | designer, artist, programmer | Strategic Simulations |
| Goofy's Railway Express | 1990 | production design | Walt Disney Computer Software |
| Circuit's Edge | 1990 | art director | Infocom |
| Mickey's Runaway Zoo | 1991 | designer | Walt Disney Computer Software |
| Dungeons & Dragons: Warriors of the Eternal Sun | 1992 | designer, programmer | Sega |
| The Legend of Kyrandia: Hand of Fate | 1993 | art management | Virgin Games |
| Young Merlin | 1993 | producer, designer | Virgin Games |
| The Lion King | 1994 | creative director, producer | Virgin Interactive |
| Monopoly | 1995 | producer, designer | Hasbro Interactive |
| Lands of Lore: Guardians of Destiny | 1997 | producer | Virgin Interactive |
| Blade Runner | 1997 | executive producer, technical director, art director | Virgin Interactive |
| Lands of Lore III | 1999 | executive producer | Electronic Arts |
| Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun | 1999 | voice actor | Electronic Arts |
| Pirates: The Legend of Black Kat | 2002 | executive producer | Electronic Arts |
| Command & Conquer: Renegade | 2002 | executive producer, designer | Electronic Arts |
| Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars | 2007 | studio creative director | Electronic Arts |
| Boom Blox | 2008 | executive producer | Electronic Arts |
| Boom Blox Bash Party | 2009 | executive producer | Electronic Arts |
| War Commander | 2010 | creative director | Kixeye |
| War Commander: Rogue Assault | 2016 | creative director | Kixeye |
Castle was given the second annual Lifetime Achievement Award by theComputer Game Developers Association at theSpotlight Awards in 1999.[14] Castle was also given aBAFTA award (along withSteven Spielberg and Amir Rahimi) for his work onBoom Blox in 2009.[15][16]
Castle lives inLas Vegas, Nevada with his family.
Castle was the Grand Master of Masons in Nevada in 2020.[17]
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