John Tobias

Quick Facts

Full Name	John Tobias
Occupation	Game Designer
Date Of Birth	Aug 24, 1969(1969-08-24)
Age	55
Birthplace	Chicago
Country	United States
Birth City	Illinois
Horoscope	Leo

John Tobias Biography

John Tobias is one of the most popular and richest Game Designer who was born on August 24, 1969 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Most famously, he is a designer for his Mortal Kombat video game franchise He is also renowned for his contribution to the Tao Feng: Fist of the Lotus and WWE WrestleMania 21 games.

He as well as He and Ed Boon collaborated on the development of the Mortal Kombat games. collaborated in the creation of Mortal Kombat games.

Tobias became interested in drawing from an early age, inspired by comic books. During high school he took weekend courses at the Art Institute of Chicago. He was an artist for The Real Ghostbusters comic book series before joining Midway Games. Tobias said his original career plan was to be a comic book artist, but the advances in graphics at the time made the video game industry more appealing to him. He worked on the original arcade version of Smash TV (1990) prior to the success of Mortal Kombat in 1992. Tobias created the early Mortal Kombat series’ storyline, themes, and settings; including the Outworld and Netherrealm. He was also responsible for the design of the entire character roster from the early games in the series through Mortal Kombat 4 (1997). This includes the series’ most popular characters including Kano, Liu Kang, Raiden, Johnny Cage, Scorpion, Sub-Zero, Sonya Blade, and Goro.

Tobias, along with other prominent Midway staff members, including Dave Michicich and Josh Tsui, left Midway in 1999 and formed Studio Gigante in

2000. Tao Feng: Fist of the Lotus, published by Microsoft Game Studios in 2003, was the first game Studio Gigante created, followed by WWE WrestleMania 21 in 2005. Studio Gigante ceased operations in 2005 and Tobias worked as a consultant in the games industry until September 2012, when he joined social games studio Zynga.

His early years were spent living in Chicago, Illinois.

John Tobias Net Worth

John Tobias is one of the richest Game Designer from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, John Tobias 's net worth $4 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Before he began his employment with his company, the Midway Games company, he provided comic book artwork to The Real Ghostbusters series.

The year 2000 was the time he was the co-founder of in 2000 the Studio Gigante game company. In the following decade the company was acquired by his company, the Zynga company.

John Tobias (born August 24, 1969 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American comic book artist, graphic designer, video game designer and writer. Tobias is best known for creating the Mortal Kombat series along with Ed Boon.

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John Ranked on the list of most popular Game Designer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. John Tobias celebrates birthday on August 24 of every year.

Top Facts about John Tobias

1. John Tobias is an American comic book artist, graphic designer, video game designer and writer.
2. He pitched the concept of the Mortal Kombat series to Ed Boon.
3. He was an artist for The Real Ghostbusters comic book series before joining Midway Games.
4. Tobias created the early Mortal Kombat series’ storyline, themes, and settings; including the Outworld and Netherrealm.
5. He designed the entire character roster from the early games of the series up until Mortal Kombat 4 (1997).
6. Noob Saibot was named after Tobias’s and Boon’s reversed surnames.
7. Tobias, along with other mid-way staff, left the company in 1999 to form Studio Gigante.
8. Tao Feng: Fist of the Lotus, published by Microsoft Game Studios in 2003, was the first game that Studio Gigante created.
9. Despite being one of the people who created the Mortal Kombat series, Tobias is not mentioned in the “making of” documentaries for Dead Alliance and Deception.
10. He illustrated a pack-in comic with special editions of Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe in 2008.
11. Tobias was interviewed in the 2020 Netflix documentary mini series High Score about Mortal Kombat.
12. As part of the Hispanic Heritage Month 2021 Boon tweeted that both he and Tobias are Hispanic.