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David Perry was the Founder & President of Shiny Entertainment, Inc. (a game development company bought by Atari) known for making hits like Earthworm Jim & MDK, after 30 years in the business Perry remains one of the best known Video Game Industry veterans, winning the Development Legend award in 2012.
Perry has developed or programmed games across 29 video game platforms, including #1 Hits like the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and other top brands including The Terminator, Disney's Aladdin & Warner’s Matrix projects, all told they have sold over a billion dollars in retail sales.
Perry has an Honorary Doctorate from Queens University in Belfast and an Honorary Masters in Game Development from Westwood College. He remains one of the longest serving members of the Game Developers Conference Advisory Board, and has spoken at TED, E3, Hollywood and Games, Stanford, MIT, USC, UCI, UCLA, DICE, GTC, GDC, AMD, MGS, Digital Hollywood, What Teens Want, 3D Gaming Summit, Casual Connect etc.
Following Shiny Perry became the Co-Founder & Chief Creative Officer of Acclaim, which was subsequently purchased in 2010 by Playdom, then by Disney.
In 2009 Perry became the CEO and co-founder of Gaikai, a company that developed a cutting-edge video game streaming technology that allows games and applications to run in any browser or on any internet connected device. Gaikai was acquired by Sony Computer Entertainment in July 2012.
Perry has developed or programmed games across 29 video game platforms, including #1 Hits like the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and other top brands including The Terminator, Disney's Aladdin & Warner’s Matrix projects, all told they have sold over a billion dollars in retail sales.
Perry has an Honorary Doctorate from Queens University in Belfast and an Honorary Masters in Game Development from Westwood College. He remains one of the longest serving members of the Game Developers Conference Advisory Board, and has spoken at TED, E3, Hollywood and Games, Stanford, MIT, USC, UCI, UCLA, DICE, GTC, GDC, AMD, MGS, Digital Hollywood, What Teens Want, 3D Gaming Summit, Casual Connect etc.
Following Shiny Perry became the Co-Founder & Chief Creative Officer of Acclaim, which was subsequently purchased in 2010 by Playdom, then by Disney.
In 2009 Perry became the CEO and co-founder of Gaikai, a company that developed a cutting-edge video game streaming technology that allows games and applications to run in any browser or on any internet connected device. Gaikai was acquired by Sony Computer Entertainment in July 2012.