Casey Hudson

Casey Hudson is a Canadian video game developer, known for his work on several of BioWare's video games, and mainly the Mass Effect trilogy as game director.

Casey Hudson
Nationality	Canadian
Alma mater	University of Alberta
Occupation	Game developer
Known for	Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic Mass Effect trilogy

Biography

After obtaining a degree in mechanical engineering,^[1] Hudson began his career at the Canadian video game developer BioWare with credits as a technical artist on several games, including MDK 2.^[2] He eventually became the project director of Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic.^[2] Hudson fulfilled the same role in the development of the Mass Effect trilogy,^[2] a series of games based on a new science fiction intellectual property.

On August 7, 2014, Hudson left BioWare to pursue other projects.^[3] On May 18, 2015, Microsoft announced that Hudson had joined their video game production wing at Microsoft Studios as creative director.^[4] On July 18, 2017, Hudson announced that he had returned to BioWare and replaced Aaryn Flynn as general manager for the studio.^[5]

Hudson announced he was departing BioWare a second time on December 3, 2020.^[6]

In June 2021, Hudson announced that he had established a new game development studio, Humanoid Origin, that was working on a new intellectual property^[7] later to be revealed as Space Age: Parallax.^[8] On November 25, 2024, Humanoid Origin announced its closure.^[9]

Games

• MDK 2 (2000)
• Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn (2000)
• Neverwinter Nights (2002)
• Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic (2003)
• Jade Empire (2005)
• Mass Effect (2007)
• Mass Effect 2 (2010)
• Mass Effect 3 (2012)
• Anthem (2019)

References

1. Bioware (December 15, 2020). BioWare: Stories and Secrets from 25 Years of Game Development. ISBN 9781506718804.
2. "MDK 2 User Manual" (PDF). p. 24. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 9, 2013.
3. Moser, Cassidee (August 7, 2014). "Mass Effect Creator Leaves BioWare". IGN.com. Retrieved August 8, 2017.
4. Tuttle, Will (May 18, 2015). "Casey Hudson Joins Microsoft as Creative Director at Microsoft Studios". Xbox Wire. Retrieved August 8, 2017.
5. Hudson, Casey (July 18, 2017). "Coming Home". BioWare Blog. Retrieved July 18, 2017.
6. Parrish, Ash (December 3, 2020). "BioWare Studio Head, Dragon Age Producer Both Leave Studio". Kotaku. Retrieved December 3, 2020.
7. Makuch, Eddie (June 29, 2021). "BioWare Veteran Casey Hudson Launches Studio Working On New IP". GameSpot. Retrieved March 10, 2024.
8. "Trademark Status & Document Retrieval". tsdr.uspto.gov. Retrieved 2024-11-26.
9. "Humanoid Origin on LinkedIn: Earlier today, we informed our staff that Humanoid Origin will be shutting… | 82 comments". www.linkedin.com. Retrieved 2024-11-26.