Raphaël Colantonio

Raphaël Colantonio
Nationality French
Occupation Video game developer
Known for

Raphaël Colantonio (Born 1971) is a French-born video game developer, and was the founder and 18-year president of Arkane Studios. He has served as creative director on several of Arkane's titles, including co-creator with Harvey Smith for the Dishonored series.[1]

When Colantonio was about 18 years old, at the verge of having to perform mandatory military service that France had at the time, he participated in a contest held by Electronic Arts (EA) on knowledge about the Ultima series, which he had been a fan of. He was unaware that the contest was meant for EA to find qualified applicants for a new studio they were setting up in France, and through the contest, Colantonio was hired into EA, helping with establishing their customer support services in France.[1][2] With the introduction of home video game consoles, Colantonio saw a shift in EA to more sports-oriented games, an area he was not interested in, and left, taking a position at Infogrames for a short time. He decided around 1999 that he wanted to start his own studio, and with funding support from his uncle, he and three of his friends founded Arkane Studios in Lyon, France.[1][3][2][4] In June 2017, he departed Arkane, though will stay with the Lyon branch of Arkane to help with transition to new management, while Smith will oversee the Austin studio. Colantonio stated that he wanted to spend more time with his son and re-evaluate his goals for the future.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Pitts, Russ (June 27, 2012). "The Mirror Men of Arkane". Polygon. Retrieved April 17, 2017.
  2. 1 2 Kumar, Matthew (December 11, 2006). "The Passion of Raphael Colantonio: Arkane Studios' Transatlantic Touch". Gamasutra. Retrieved May 8, 2017.
  3. ↑ Wawro, Alex (February 15, 2017). "'Feels like a different life': Arkane's Colantonio on going from Arx Fatalis to Prey". Gamasutra. Retrieved May 8, 2017.
  4. ↑ Van Zelfded, N. Evan (October 27, 2006). "The Game Is All". Austin Chronicle. Archived from the original on December 4, 2016. Retrieved May 8, 2017.
  5. ↑ Caldwell, Brendan (27 June 2017). "Prey’s creative director and founder of Arkane Studios, Raphael Colantonio, steps down". Rock Paper Shotgun. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
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