Greg Kasavin

Creative Director @ Supergiant Games

About

I'm a game designer / writer experienced working at studios and on teams of all shapes and sizes. At Supergiant I'm part of the small team behind our games Bastion, Transistor, Pyre, Hades, and Hades II. I previously worked at 2K Games on Spec Ops: The Line and at Electronic Arts on Command & Conquer. Prior to that, I was editor-in-chief of GameSpot.

Country

United States

City

Mill Valley

Industry

Computer Games

Skill

Video Games, Writing, Game Design, Video Game Production, Editorial, Gameplay, Level Design, Game Scripting, Creative Direction, World Building, Narrative, Fiction Writing, Customer Support, Social Media, Storytelling, Project Management, Team Management, Community Management, Game Development, Computer Games

Experience

Creative Director

Supergiant Games

2010-9 - Present · 16 yrs

San Francisco

I'm responsible for creative development, writing, and other aspects of the design and marketing of our games at Supergiant. On Bastion, Transistor, Pyre, Hades, and Hades II, I wrote the story, and designed and scripted narrative, game levels, and other content.

Producer

2009-9 - 2010-9 · 1 yr 1 mo

I worked as a producer on the publishing team at 2K Games, providing support on project planning, usability testing, and marketing to the YAGER development team on their action title, Spec Ops: The Line.

Producer

Electronic Arts (EA)

2007-1 - 2009-9 · 2 yrs 9 mos

I worked with the production and design teams on the Command & Conquer strategy game franchise. I contributed to the design, writing, and project planning of several games in that franchise. Shipped titles: -Command & Conquer Red Alert 3: Uprising (PC) -Command & Conquer Red Alert 3 (PC, Xbox 360) -Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars (PC)

Editor-in-Chief, GameSpot

CNET

1996-11 - 2007-1 · 10 yrs 3 mos

I supervised GameSpot's editorial operations and product development, contributed to the content especially by providing game reviews, and managed a world-class editorial team.