Wes Cumberland
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| Born | 1977 Vancouver,Canada |
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| Occupation | Game programmer |
| Salary | Undisclosed |
| Net worth | undisclosed |
Wesley Ross Cumberland (born 1977) is a veteran of the game development industry. He is a Canadian by birth, but moved to the United States of America (specifically, the Seattle area) in 1986. On November 2nd, 2006 he moved to New York City and currently resides in Boerum Hill, Brooklyn and works in Chelsea, Manhattan.
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[edit] Recent
Wes's most recent completed professional project is Talismania. Talismania was developed by RocketJump Games of which he was the Director of Technology. Published by PopCap Games, Talismania is a Casual game that involves rotating hexagons in a gameboard to complete paths between keypoints.
[edit] Career
Wes has worked on or provided code for many video game titles, including:
- Talismania
- Jade Empire
- Vanguard: Saga of Heroes
- Shadow Ops: Red Mercury
- S.T.X.
- Half-Life
- Team Fortress Classic
- Birthright - The Gorgon's Alliance
He also worked on an unannounced and never-completed 3D Xbox platformer for the now defunct company Escape Factory. He maintains that this title would have "kicked ass" had it been released. During Wes's tenure at Escape Factory he worked with Paul Furio.
In addition to video games, he worked at Real Networks on the RealJukebox and the Real Player.
[edit] Miscellany
Wes is an active member and the most publicly visible face of an elite geek society referred to as 'The Council'.
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