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 | |
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Nationality | Canadian |
Alma mater | University of Alberta |
Occupation | Game developer |
Known for | Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic Mass Effect trilogy |
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 Studios, that was working on a new intellectual property.[7]