Drew Markham (Videon)

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Location : California edit... Profession : Businessman / Businesswoman / Executive, Game Developer edit... GameOp At : The Paint Box edit... Played As : Videon edit... TW Apps Written : TradeWars 2002 v1 edit... TW Edits Created : None edit... TW Docs Written : None edit... TW Websites : None edit... Groups : Martech Software edit... Contact : None edit...

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Drew Markham worked with Martech in the early 90s. He was the ANSI artist behind many of the ANSI images and animations from TradeWars 2002 v2. Drew went on to form his own game studio, Xatrix Entertainment in 1994, and developed such games as Redneck Rampage and Kingpin: Life of Crime. After Kingpin, Xatrix restructured and became Gray Matter Studios. Drew directed Return to Castle Wolfenstein, but was not involved in the Call of Duty games. From there, Drew became Chief Creative Officer for Vivendi Games, then president of 3D Studio's Tahoe division. He is currently (2010) Chief Creative Officer at Sierra.

Games credited to Drew Markham include

• Brütal Legend (2009), Electronic Arts, Inc.
• Legendary (2008), Atari Europe S.A.S.U.
• M.A.C.H.: Modified Air Combat Heroes (2007), Sierra Entertainment, Inc.
• Cold Winter (2005), Vivendi Universal Games, Inc.
• Robots (2005), Vivendi Universal Games, Inc.
• Fight Club (2004), Vivendi Universal Games, Inc.
• Return to Castle Wolfenstein: Operation Resurrection (2003), Activision Publishing, Inc.
• Return to Castle Wolfenstein: Tides of War (2003), Activision Publishing, Inc.
• Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory (2003), Activision Publishing, Inc.
• Return to Castle Wolfenstein (Game of the Year) (2002), Activision Publishing, Inc.
• Return to Castle Wolfenstein (2001), Activision Publishing, Inc.
• Kingpin: Life of Crime (1999), Interplay Entertainment Corp.
• M.A.X. 2: Mechanized Assault & Exploration (1998), Interplay Entertainment Corp.
• Quake II Mission Pack: The Reckoning (1998), Activision, Inc.
• Redneck Rampage Rides Again (1998), Interplay Entertainment Corp.
• Redneck Deer Huntin' (1997), Interplay Entertainment Corp.
• Redneck Rampage (1997), Interplay Entertainment Corp.
• Cyberia 2: Resurrection (1995), Virgin Interactive Entertainment, Inc.
• Cyberia (1994), Interplay Productions Ltd.
• Maelstrom (1992), Don Bluth Multimedia, Inc., Merit Studios, Inc.
• TradeWars 2002 (1992), Martech Software

Interview with Drew Markham

Sadly, Drew Markham passed away in May of 2018. The following is a duplicate of his obituary.