gcreptile 10,966 Posted January 11, 2022 On 07/01/2022 at 11:51, Spade_Cooley said: Stewart Gilray, found of Just Add Water studios and the man behind all the Oddworld games, dead from COVID at 51. He was unvaccinated because he was too afraid of needles: https://www.thesun.ie/health/8185702/computer-games-boss-dies-covid-scared-needles-jab/ 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,966 Posted March 30, 2022 Scott Bennie, writer on a couple of Interplay games among other stuff, dead at 61 because of pneumonia: https://www.pcgamer.com/scott-bennie-writer-on-interplays-lord-of-the-rings-star-trek-fallout-and-others-has-died/ A special place in my heart because he came up with "dogmeat", the dog that can be your companion in the Fallout games. He also invented the "mysterious stranger" perk, a character who has a sick amount of fan theories in the web. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cognizant 7 Posted April 8, 2022 No matter at what age they died but it's always so tragic to learn that game creators also die! Kinda of a death sentence to fun and joy. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,966 Posted May 9, 2022 David Ward, co-founder of Britsh software producer Ocean Software, big in the 80s and early 90s as I recall, has died at 75: https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/david-ward-co-founder-of-ocean-software-has-died-aged-75/ 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,515 Posted May 9, 2022 As terrible as 95% of Ocean games were, I honestly consider them the most iconic of the C64/Spectrum era software houses. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,966 Posted June 18, 2022 "Skyrim Grandma" Shirley Curry wants Bethesda to release the sequel before she dies. She's 86 years old now, good luck! https://metro.co.uk/2022/06/17/skyrim-grandma-wants-to-play-elder-scrolls-6-before-she-dies-16844533/ And yes, she has a Wiki page: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shirley_Curry She suffered a stroke earlier this year, deleting many gaming memories from her harddrive. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted July 21, 2022 Robert Alan Koeneke, who created the 1980s game The Dungeons of Moria (known commonly as Moria), has died. He was 64. https://www.pcgamer.com/robert-alan-koeneke-creator-of-the-influential-roguelike-moria-has-died/ 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted July 27, 2022 Kenichi Okuma had worked in the industry since the early 1990s, with his composer credits including 2008’s Super Smash Bros. Brawl. The veteran game composer passed away from esophageal cancer last Friday at age 56. SC 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,515 Posted August 21, 2022 Twitter reporting the death of Oliver Frey, instantly recognisable to a generation of C64/Spectrum gamers as the cover art guy for Zzap and Crash magazines. Unsurprisingly, when you look at his work, also had a second career as a kind of British Tom of Finland-type illustrator. 3 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Genfærd 452 Posted October 18, 2022 Co-founder of Kalypso Media (Tropico, Dungeons, Port Royale), Simon Hellwig , has died. 4 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,966 Posted October 19, 2022 Eric "Ferret" Baudoin has died: https://www.pcgamer.com/fallout-76-lead-designer-ferret-baudoin-has-died/ A senior game designer for Bethesda, especially for the unlucky Fallout 76. Was heavily involved in their next flagship game "Starfield" and previously worked on the Dragon Age games. In fact, he seems to have been a big name on quite a few games I've played. Makes me sad. An "unexpected death", so I assume a heart attack. Did aggressive fans kill him? Am I, and my sky-high expectations for Starfield also to blame? 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,966 Posted October 27, 2022 Rieko Kodama, pioneering Japsnese game designer has died at 59, already back in May: https://kotaku.com/sega-rpg-reiko-kodama-died-skies-arcadia-phantasy-star-1849708311 She developed iconic games for Sega, for example, the RPG progenitor Phantasy Star. 3 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,966 Posted December 16, 2022 On 22/02/2020 at 18:13, Skinny kiltrunner said: Update on Nick Berry. He alludes to time running out. Not immediately perhaps, but he wants to use up his air miles ASAP. Nick Berry update... he died: https://www.theguardian.com/science/2022/oct/17/can-you-solve-it-nick-berry-data-dude It happened in Octobre and the Guardian kept up, impressive. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,033 Posted December 25, 2022 Archer Maclean, game programmer who authored Dropzone for the Atari 8 bit and the various Jimmy White labelled snooker games of the 1990s, reportedly dead: 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,515 Posted December 25, 2022 Big loss that, made one of the five best games on the C64 (International Karate +) and one of the five best games on the Amiga (Jimmy White's 'Whirlwind' Snooker). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LWCZ 188 Posted December 25, 2022 Volodymyr Ezhov, one of the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. series devs reportedly killed in Bakhmut. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,515 Posted January 3, 2023 On 21/08/2022 at 13:39, Spade_Cooley said: Twitter reporting the death of Oliver Frey, instantly recognisable to a generation of C64/Spectrum gamers as the cover art guy for Zzap and Crash magazines. Unsurprisingly, when you look at his work, also had a second career as a kind of British Tom of Finland-type illustrator. His partner, Crash and Zzap publisher/founder Roger Kean, is also being reported dead. Learned he was in the final stages of ALS over Christmas, but the fact that Frey only got a brief mention in the Metro made me think there wasn't any chance of a QO. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
arghton 6,701 Posted February 10, 2023 Gizem "Luie" Harmankaya, Turkish esports competitor dead in the earthquake. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,033 Posted March 29, 2023 Michael Berlyn, co-creator of mid-80s Activision game Tass Times In Tonetown and notably worked for Accolade on Bubsy (aka Bubsy in Claws Encounters of the Furred Kind), reportedly dead: He had previously had cancer around 8-9 years ago, no cause of death so far. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Death Impends 7,963 Posted March 30, 2023 26 minutes ago, YoungWillz said: Michael Berlyn, co-creator of mid-80s Activision game Tass Times In Tonetown and notably worked for Accolade on Busby (aka Busby in Claws Encounters of the Furred Kind), reportedly dead: He had previously had cancer around 8-9 years ago, no cause of death so far. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Drewsky1211 4,732 Posted March 30, 2023 1 minute ago, Death Impends said: 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,966 Posted June 2, 2023 US streamer Puppers has died of ALS at just 32: https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-65787556 He got famous by playing Dead by Daylight. Saw him move into hospice last week. BBC obit! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,966 Posted June 7, 2023 Doug Cockle, voice actor for Gerald of Rivia, aka "The Witcher" in the high-profile video games has "full-blown" prostate cancer: https://www.gamingbible.com/news/witcher-fans-support-geralt-actor-confirms-prostate-cancer-985920-20230607 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted June 9, 2023 Karel 'Twisten' Asenbrener, an e-sports star, has died. He was 19. His last tweet was a simple 'Good night'. At least one Twitter report suggests he died by suicide. https://www.tmz.com/2023/06/08/esports-star-karel-twisten-asenbrener-dead-at-19-after-good-night-tweet/ 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JQW 281 Posted July 23, 2023 John Gibson, programmer of many games over many decades, reportedly dead. https://twitter.com/JazRignall/status/1683130749648764929 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
