Jack Emmert

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Jack Emmert
Nationality American
Occupation Game designer

Jack Emmert is an American game designer who has worked primarily on role-playing games and computer games.

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Career

Emmert had been playing the role-playing game Champions ever since it was released in 1981. [1] : 153  He spent his teenage years reading comic books and playing AD&D . [2] During his student years, Emmert wrote several pen and paper RPG supplements to make ends meet. [2] After a lengthy stint in academia, he co-founded Cryptic Studios. [2] He designed the MMORPGs City of Heroes and City of Villains . [2] Emmert was the chief creative officer and directed the design of all games from Cryptic Studios, and was involved in the development of Marvel Universe Online . [2] He and Cryptic later decided that Champions would be a suitable replacement for the Marvel Comics IP that they had lost, thus Cryptic purchased the rights for the Champions game and its universe from Hero Games in 2008. [1] : 153  Emmert was the online producer for Star Trek Online . [3]

In March 2010, Bill Roper was promoted to chief creative officer, succeeding Emmert (who became the chief operations officer). [4] [5] In March 2011, Emmert was promoted to chief executive officer when John Needham left to pursue other opportunities in the gaming industry. [6]

On June 8, 2016, Emmert was made CEO of Daybreak Game Company, a studio in Austin, Texas. He was in charge of the Daybreak Games studio that was responsible for DC Universe Online , and he oversaw all development while reporting to Daybreak headquarters located in San Diego. [7]

Emmert established NetEase's company Jackalope Games in May 2022. [8]

References

  1. 1 2 Shannon Appelcline (2011). Designers & Dragons. Mongoose Publishing. ISBN   978-1-907702-58-7.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Emmert, Jack (2007). "Warhammer 40,000". In Lowder, James (ed.). Hobby Games: The 100 Best . Green Ronin Publishing. pp. 359–361. ISBN   978-1-932442-96-0.
  3. ↑ producer's letter Archived 2008-12-04 at the Wayback Machine , accessed 7/29/2008.
  4. ↑ Bill Roper Departs Cryptic Studios
  5. ↑ Kyle Horner. "Bill Roper made Cryptic's CCO, Jack Emmert switches to COO".
  6. ↑ "Jack Emmert Appointed CEO of Cryptic Studios". Archived from the original on 2013-05-09.
  7. ↑ "Daybreak Game Company Appoints Cryptic Studios Co-Founder Jack Emmert as CEO of Daybreak's Austin Studio". 8 June 2016.
  8. ↑ "China's gaming giant NetEase opens first US studio in Austin". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2022-05-05.
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