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The Intern: Game Design
An interview with 3 game design interns at Raven: Andre Tiran, Daniel Menard, and Dan Merboth. How did you get into the industry? Daniel Menard At the time I interviewed at Raven as a QA tester, I was in the process of leaving another job in the Computer Science industry. The interview went well and I started my game career as a QA Tester the day after I left my other job. In my spare time while [...]
Motion Capture Heroes
For the Raven Motion Capture Team, getting caught in a grenade explosion, falling from a jet and dying from a shotgun blast is just another day at work as they create magic in our Motion Capture Room. And while very few people know their faces, millions of people know their movements in the video games we’ve made. So, six months ago I proposed to Tim Uttech and Jeff Skubal that we [...]
Winter Frolic 2012
Creative Director Eric Biessman (pictured above) proclaimed on a recent One Of Swords podcast that it is currently “beach” weather in Wisconsin and promised pictures of Ravenites enjoying the unseasonably warm temperatures. So, wanting to make sure Eric kept his word we decided to have our very own Winter-Summer bash. Beach balls, surf boards, sun screen and six packs were on display as Ravenites proved that cold weather is a myth. To [...]
We're Oscar Mike
Raven Software would like to congratulate all of the development teams on a successful launch of Modern Warfare 3 and Call of Duty ELITE; with a special congrats to Infinity Ward and Sledgehammer Games. All of us are extremely proud of MW3 and Raven Software is thrilled to be part of the best-selling first person action series of all time. Be sure to sign up for Call of Duty ELITE to [...]