Oliver Barder
aka:
Ollie Barder
Moby ID: 153124
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Originally one of the first Japanese correspondents for gamesTM magazine, Ollie entered the games industry as a journalist and then ended up working for Electronic Arts Europe as a senior certification tester. Following that he worked at Exient Entertainment as a designer, then for Disney Interactive Studios as an Associate Producer and then for doublesix as a senior designer, where he worked originally on Burn, Zombie Burn! and then as the lead designer for Strike Suit Zero (though leaving a year before its release). He then went to work on Gears of War: Judgment as a senior designer at People Can Fly. He is now working in Tokyo as a game designer and also contributing to the games section at Forbes. In addition, he has also written for The Guardian, appeared on BBC Radio 4 and contributed to Japanese mecha artbooks.
Credited on 24 games
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| Assault Suits Valken: Declassified (2023, Nintendo Switch) | Creative Director |
| Gears of War: Judgment (2013, Xbox 360) | Sr. Game Designer |
| Strike Suit Zero (2013, Windows) | Lead Designer |
| Top Gun: Hard Lock (2012, PlayStation 3) | Special Thanks |
| All Zombies Must Die! (2011, Xbox 360) | Special Thanks |
| South Park: Let's Go Tower Defense Play! (2009, Xbox 360) | Special Thanks |
| Burn, Zombie Burn! (2009, PlayStation 3) | Design and Robots |
| The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (2008, PlayStation 3) | Production |
| NASCAR 08 (2007, PlayStation 2) | Assistant Producer |
| Need for Speed: Carbon - Own the City (2006, Nintendo DS) | Designer |
| FIFA Soccer 07 (2006, Nintendo DS) | Production Team |
| FIFA World Cup: Germany 2006 (2006, Nintendo DS) | Production Team |
| FIFA Soccer 07 (2006, Game Boy Advance) | Production Team |
| FIFA World Cup: Germany 2006 (2006, Game Boy Advance) | Production Team |
| Burnout: Legends (2005, Nintendo DS) | EA European Certification Group |
| Battlefield 2: Special Forces (2005, Windows) | ECG Senior Testers |
| Black & White 2 (Collector's Edition) (2005, Windows) | Senior Testers |
| Black & White 2 (2005, Windows) | Senior Testers |
| Tiger Woods PGA Tour 06 (2005, Windows) | Senior Testers |
| Battlefield 2: Modern Combat (2005, PlayStation 2) | Senior Testers, Network Division |
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Frequent Collaborators
People- 10 games with James Featherstone
- 10 games with Tim Wileman
- 10 games with Ben Jackson
- 10 games with Andy Chung
- 10 games with Gary Napper
- 10 games with Paul Davies
- 10 games with James Arup
- 10 games with James Bolton
- 10 games with Alan Drew
- 10 games with Tim Goodchild
Companies
- 15 games with Electronic Arts, Inc.
- 7 games with Electronic Arts Publishing SARL
- 6 games with EA Sports
- 6 games with Electronic Arts GmbH
- 6 games with Exient Entertainment
- 5 games with Electronic Arts Polska Sp. z o.o.
- 5 games with Electronic Arts Ltd.
- 4 games with Electronic Arts Czech...
- 3 games with GameSpy Industries Inc.
- 3 games with EA Games
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