Swen Vincke
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Swen Vincke | |
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| Occupation(s) | Creative director, Founder and CEO of Larian Studios |
Swen Vincke is the founder, creative director and CEO of the video game company Larian Studios.
Work
Vincke became a developer in the games industry in 1996, when he founded Larian Studios.[1][2] As a lead designer in the company, he contributed to all of Larian's early game projects, including (but not limited to), the award-winning Role-playing game called Divine Divinity and its sequel Beyond Divinity. He was later also responsible for the design of KetnetKick, a virtual world for children developed for Belgian children's channel Ketnet. This virtual world has later seen licensed implementations by several other children's channels, such as the British channel CBBC (titled Adventure Rock),[3] French channel Jeunesse TV (titled Gulliland),[4] and Norwegian channel NRK. KetnetKick has won the Kids Awards 2004 and 2005 for "Best Game of the Year".[5]
Swen Vincke announced the opening of a new studio in Quebec City, Canada, in 2015.[6]
References
- ^ "Larian Studios official Facebook page". April 4, 2014.
- ^ "Swen Vincke's blog".
- ^ Adventure Rock Credits, found within the game interface
- ^ "GulliLand". Larian.com. Retrieved 2013-10-25.
- ^ "Larian Studios' company page".
- ^ http://www.lar.net/2014/12/18/leaked-the-larian-plans-for-20152016-and-beyond
