John Tobias

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John Tobias
Occupations
Years active1988–present
Known forMortal Kombat franchise

John Tobias is an American

video game designer and writer. Tobias is best known for creating the Mortal Kombat series along with Ed Boon, to whom he pitched the game concept.[1]

Tobias became interested in drawing from an early age, inspired by

Noob Saibot was named after Tobias's and Boon's reversed surnames. This is also elaborated in their Twitter handles, @therealsaibot and @noobde.[3][4]

Tobias, along with other prominent Midway staff members, including Dave Michicich and Josh Tsui, left Midway in 1999 and formed

Microsoft Game Studios in 2003, was the first game Studio Gigante created, followed by WWE WrestleMania 21 in 2005. Studio Gigante ceased operations in 2005 and Tobias worked as a consultant in the games industry until September 2012, when he joined social games studio Zynga.[6]

Despite being one of the original creators of the Mortal Kombat series, Tobias is not mentioned in commentary or descriptions in the "making of" documentaries for Deadly Alliance and Deception, but was referred to as one of "four people who made" the original Mortal Kombat. However, he can be seen in the commentaries for

Hispanic Heritage Month 2021 Boon tweeted they both are Hispanic.[9]

References

  1. ^ Barton, Steve (June 10, 2010). "E3 2010: Mortal Kombat Returns! See the New Trailer!". Dread Central. Archived from the original on August 6, 2022. Retrieved June 10, 2010.
  2. ^ a b c "The Game Makers: The Artists". GamePro. No. 88. January 1996. pp. 34–36.
  3. ^ "John Tobias' Twitter". Archived from the original on October 25, 2013. Retrieved January 25, 2016.
  4. ^ "Ed Boon's Twitter". Archived from the original on May 15, 2022. Retrieved March 30, 2021.
  5. ^ Koziarski, Ed M. Koziarski (February 24, 2004). "Game developers Gigante move into expanded space; grow to 35 staffers". Reel Chicago. Archived from the original on November 5, 2021. Retrieved September 18, 2012.
  6. ^ Makuch, Eddie. "Zynga hires Mortal Kombat co-creator". GameSpot. Archived from the original on September 19, 2012. Retrieved September 18, 2012.
  7. ^ McWhertor, Michael (July 25, 2008). "Green Lantern, Joker Join MK Vs. DC Universe Line Up". Kotaku. Archived from the original on October 6, 2012. Retrieved June 24, 2009.
  8. ^ Petite, Steven (August 14, 2020). "High Score Netflix Review - The Most Impressive Video Game Documentary Yet". GameSpot. Archived from the original on August 23, 2020. Retrieved August 14, 2020.
  9. ^ Boon, Ed [@noobde] (September 23, 2021). "Even better…. Mortal Kombat co-creator @therealsaibot is also Hispanic so we should celebrate for 2 months 👍🏻😀 https://t.co/ViuD9RE7CW" (Tweet). Archived from the original on September 25, 2021. Retrieved October 2, 2021 – via Twitter.

External links

Interviews

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