Gordon Walton
Biography
Walton was born on March 2, 1956, in
U.S. National Guard until 1979. In 1981, he received his BS degree in computer science. From 1990 to 1992 he also served briefly in the US Army Reserve
.
Game developer
He played his first computer game in 1977 on the
PLATO system, and published his first computer game, Trek-X, in 1978 on the Commodore PET 2001. In 1984, he co-founded Applied Computing (later called Digital Illusions) with Don Gilman, and he was development manager for both Three-Sixty Pacific and Konami
of America, Inc.
Though his work had been exclusively in the single-player game industry up until that point, in 1995 he joined the growing online game industry, managing games such as
MMOG Star Wars: The Old Republic at BioWare's studio in Austin until January 2011. He was last employed at the social gaming company Playdom and started his own company in 2013.[2]
He is a frequent speaker at industry conferences such as
Austin Community College
Game Programs, while informally advising other educational programs.
Walton currently lives in Austin, Texas with his wife, Laura Ann Miskines Walton, and children John and Katherine.
Selected projects
The following is a brief list of games which Walton either managed, produced, or developed:
- Crowfall (2021), ArtCraft
- Star Wars: The Old Republic (2011), BioWare
- LucasArts
- The Sims (2003), Electronic Arts Inc.
- The Sims Online(2002), Electronic Arts Inc.
- Ultima Online: Third Dawn(2001), Electronic Arts Inc.
- Ultima Online: Renaissance(2000), Electronic Arts Inc.
- Air Warrior II (1997), iEntertainment Network
- Air Warrior III (1997), iEntertainment Network
- Harpoon Classic '97(1996), iEntertainment Network
- Harpoon(1989), Three Sixty Pacific
- PT-109 (1987), Spectrum Holobyte, Inc.
- Sub Battle Simulator (1987), Epyx, Inc.
- Spectrum Holobyte, Inc.
- Reader Rabbit
- NFL Challenge, (1987) XOr
- The Playroom
References
- ^ "Crowfall: About the Team". Retrieved December 12, 2015.
- ^ Everett, Larry (2011-02-15). "Massively News: SWTOR's loss is Playdom's gain - Gordon Walton". Massively.joystiq.com. Archived from the original on November 8, 2012. Retrieved December 14, 2012.