Alex Seropian
American video game developer
Alexander Seropian (born 1969) is an American video game developer, one of the initial founders and later president of Bungie, the developer of the Marathon, Myth, and Halo video game series. Seropian became interested in computer programming in college and teamed up with fellow student Jason Jones to publish Jones's game Minotaur: The Labyrinths of Crete.2
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Born Oct 21, 1969.1
About
The two became partners, and Bungie grew to become the best-known Apple Macintosh game developer before being bought by Microsoft in 2001.
In 2004, Seropian left Bungie and created Wideload Games, with the goal of streamlining game development. Wideload's small core development team worked with outside contractors to produce Stubbs the Zombie and Hail to the Chimp. Wideload was acquired by Disney in 2009. As part of the deal Seropian became vice president of game development for Disney Interactive Studios. In 2012 he left the position to start Industrial Toys, a company focusing on mobile games. In 2018, Industrial Toys was acquired by Electronic Arts and was closed in January 2023. In July 2023, Seropian started Look North World with former Electronic Arts and Kongregate developers.
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Companies
Early life and education
- Date not recordedUniversity of Chicago3
Early life
Alex Seropian attended the University of Chicago, and joined the Phi Delta Theta fraternity, where he met one of his future colleagues Jason Jones. Seropian is of Armenian descent. Interested in computer programming, Seropian was pursuing a mathematics degree with a concentration in computer science as the Department of Computer Science did not offer undergraduate degrees at the time. He graduated in 1991 with a Bachelor of Science degree in mathematics. Before graduating, Seropian was living with his father, sleeping on his couch, and debating whether to get a job or create his own video game company. Seropian's father advised him to take a job to get experience, but the next day Seropian decided to found his own company. "My dad is a master of reverse psychology", Seropian said.
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Career
Occupation: businessperson, video game developer, composer.6
- Date not recordedWorked at Industrial Toys4
- Date not recordedFounded Bungie5
Personal life
Legal issues and controversies
Industrial Toys
In 2012, Seropian founded a studio named Industrial Toys. The company planned to develop mobile games for core gamers. The first title by Industrial Toys, Midnight Star, was announced to be a sci-fi shooter designed with touch-based mobile platforms in mind, and debuted in February 2015. In July 2018, Industrial Toys was acquired by Electronic Arts, who shuttered the studio in January 2023.
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- 1WikidataAlex Seropian on Wikidata
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