Steve Nix
aka:
Stephen Nix
Moby ID: 117412
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Steve Nix is the Chief Executive Officer at independent game developer, ForwardXP. With over 20 years of leadership experience in the games industry, Steve has had the good fortune to help drive major technology shifts in gaming with industry defining partners.
Prior to ForwardXP, Steve was the CEO of Ritual Entertainment, Director at id Software, GM of Digital at GameStop, and later co-founder and CEO of mobile gaming analytics and CRM pioneer Yvolver, before its acquisition by AdColony.
Steve has led teams that shipped titles in some of the best selling video game franchises of all-time including Counter-Strike, DOOM, QUAKE, RAGE, Wolfenstein, Dungeons & Dragons, and Marvel's Spider-Man.
Steve remains passionate about innovating around the combination of emerging new technologies. Steve is a co-founder/active advisor to the Guildhall at SMU and lives in Dallas with his wife and two daughters. He also enjoys home automation hacking, and driving endurance road races in a sketchy old race car.
Credited on 19 games
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Marvel Spider-Man 2 (2023, PlayStation 5) | CEO |
Dungeons & Dragons: Dark Alliance (2021, Windows) | CEO |
Please, Don't Touch Anything 3D (2019, PlayStation 4) | Forward Game Studios |
Quake Arena Arcade (2010, Xbox 360) | Director of Digital Platforms |
Doom II (2010, Xbox 360) | Director of Business Development |
Doom II RPG (2010, iPhone) | Biz |
Wolfenstein (2009, Windows) | Director of Business Development |
Doom Resurrection (2009, iPhone) | Support & Special Thanks |
Wolfenstein 3D (2009, PlayStation 3) | Director of Business Development |
Enemy Territory: Quake Wars (2008, PlayStation 3) | Business Development |
SiN Episodes: Emergence (2006, Windows) | CEO |
25 to Life (2006, Xbox) | C.E.O. |
Counter-Strike: Condition Zero (2004, Windows) | Ritual Entertainment |
Delta Force: Black Hawk Down - Team Sabre (2004, Windows) | Chief Executive Officer |
Counter-Strike (2003, Xbox) | Management |
Star Trek: Elite Force II (2003, Windows) | CEO |
007: Agent Under Fire (2002, Xbox) | Special Thanks |
Future Cop: L.A.P.D. (1998, PlayStation) | Multiplayer Design Lead |
KKND: Krush Kill 'N Destroy (1997, DOS) | San Mateo Quality Assurance |
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Frequent Collaborators
People- 9 games with Steven Maines
- 9 games with Tom Mustaine
- 9 games with Russell Meakim
- 9 games with Nick Pappas
- 9 games with Arya Iwakura
- 8 games with Todd Rose
- 8 games with Lisa Loewecke
- 7 games with Robert M. Atkins
- 7 games with Josh Martel
- 7 games with Aaron Hausmann
Companies
- 8 games with id Software, Inc.
- 7 games with Valve Corporation
- 6 games with Ritual Entertainment
- 4 games with Activision Publishing, Inc.
- 4 games with Electronic Arts, Inc.
- 4 games with Electronic Arts GmbH
- 3 games with Nerve Software, LLC
- 3 games with ForwardXP
- 3 games with Activision Blizzard UK Ltd.
- 3 games with SoftClub
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