Casey Hudson is a

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video game developer, known for his work on several of

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's video games, and mainly the ''

Mass Effect ''Mass Effect'' is a military science fiction media franchise created by Casey Hudson, Drew Karpyshyn and Preston Watamaniuk. The franchise depicts a distant future where humanity and several alien civilizations have colonized the known unive ...

'' trilogy as game director.

Biography

After obtaining a degree in

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, Hudson began his career at the

video game developer

with credits as a technical artist on several games, including '' MDK 2''. He eventually became the project director of '' Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic''. Hudson fulfilled the same role in the development of the ''Mass Effect'' trilogy, a series of games based on a new science fiction intellectual property. On August 7, 2014, Hudson left BioWare to pursue other projects. On May 18, 2015,

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announced that Hudson had joined their video game production wing at

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. On July 18, 2017, Hudson announced that he had returned to BioWare and replaced Aaryn Flynn as

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for the studio. Hudson announced he was departing BioWare a second time on December 3, 2020. In June 2021, Hudson announced that he has established a new game development studio, Humanoid Studios, that is currently working on a new IP.

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) *''

'' (2007) *''

Mass Effect 2 ''Mass Effect 2'' is an action role-playing video game developed by BioWare and published by Electronic Arts for Microsoft Windows and Xbox 360 in 2010 and PlayStation 3 in 2011. It is the second installment in the ''Mass Effect'' series and a ...

'' (2010) *''

Mass Effect 3 ''Mass Effect 3'' is an action role-playing video game developed by BioWare and published by Electronic Arts. The third major entry in the ''Mass Effect'' series and the final installment of the original trilogy, it was released in March 2012 ...

'' (2012) * ''Anthem'' (2019)

References

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