Richard Underhill
aka:
Rich Underhill
Moby ID: 127727
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Richard started in the industry in the early 80's working as a freelance programmer on many 8-bit games. After forming professional relationships with some of the major publishers of the day, he eventually joined Elite Systems' in-house team in 1987. After nearly two years there, he left with three other like-minded individuals to found 'Arc Developments which went on to produce many acclaimed licensed, original and coin-op conversions on a plethora of platforms until it closed its doors in 1997.
Richard moved to a pure Production focused role at Psygnosis' Camden Town studio in 1997, before moving on to a short stint at Climax as a hand-held programmer.
Joining Kuju in 2001, Richard rose up the ranks to Executive Producer, working on some of that company's top titles from the Surrey studio. Richard's final game for Kuju was the acclaimed Geometry Wars Galaxies on Wii and DS, during which he helped set up the new doublesix studio formed from the old Kuju Surrey group.
Having left Kuju in early 2008, Richard went on to work as Executive Producer at Empire Interactive until its dissolution. In July 2009 it was announced he had joined the newly-established Zoo Entertainment Europe Limited as the Development Manager.
Credited on 45 games
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| Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown (2024, Windows) | Senior Software Engineers, Engine Support |
| Cities: Skylines II (2023, Windows Apps) | Software Engineers, Engine Support |
| Horizon II: Forbidden West - Burning Shores (2023, PlayStation 5) | Consumer Insights |
| Horizon VR: Call of the Mountain (2023, PlayStation 5) | Manager, Hardware and Masterbrand Research |
| God of War: Ragnarök (2022, PlayStation 4) | Manager, Hardware and Masterbrand Research |
| V Rising (2022, Windows) | Engine Support |
| Death Stranding: Director's Cut (2022, Windows) | Manager, Hardware and Masterbrand Research |
| Gran Turismo 7 (2022, PlayStation 5) | Manager, Hardware and Masterbrand Research |
| Horizon II: Forbidden West (2022, PlayStation 5) | Consumer Insights |
| Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart (2021, PlayStation 5) | Manager, HW and Masterbrand Research, Consumer Insights |
| Returnal (2021, PlayStation 5) | Manager, Hardware and Masterbrand Research |
| Destruction AllStars (2021, PlayStation 5) | Senior Research Manager |
| PlayStation 5 (included game) (2020, PlayStation 5) | Senior Research Manager |
| Ghost of Tsushima (2020, PlayStation 4) | Senior Research Manager |
| Marvel Iron Man VR (2020, PlayStation 4) | Senior Research Managers |
| Predator: Hunting Grounds (2020, PlayStation 4) | Senior Research Managers |
| Dreams (2020, PlayStation 4) | Senior Research Manager |
| Vane (2019, PlayStation 4) | Special Thanks |
| Signal to the Stars (2013, Android) | Technical Director |
| Strike Suit Zero (2013, Windows) | Development Director |
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Frequent Collaborators
People- 16 games with David Parkinson
- 14 games with Rob Thompson
- 14 games with Hermen Hulst
- 14 games with Stacey Fowler
- 14 games with Joby Hirschfeld
- 14 games with Steven Pajak
- 14 games with Amanda Thompson
- 14 games with Tala Rodriguez-Idencio
- 14 games with Alexander Shagla-McKotch
- 14 games with Michaela Foster
Companies
- 13 games with Sony Interactive...
- 10 games with Epic Games Tools LLC
- 9 games with Audiokinetic Inc.
- 7 games with Side UK Ltd.
- 7 games with Sony Interactive...
- 7 games with Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
- 6 games with Arc Developments Limited
- 6 games with Monotype Imaging, Inc.
- 5 games with Valve Corporation
- 5 games with Formosa Interactive, LLC
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