Michael Condrey
- January 11, 2024
- Game Designer
Quick Facts
Full Name | Michael Condrey |
Date Of Birth | Oct 20, 1972(1972-10-20) |
Age | 52 |
Birthplace | Washington |
Country | United States |
Horoscope | Libra |
Michael Condrey Biography
Birthday | Oct 20 |
Birth Year | 1972 |
Michael Condrey is one of the most popular and richest Game Designer who was born on October 20, 1972 in Washington, United States. Condrey is well-known as Glen Schofield’s co-founder of Sledgehammer Games. He also created the Dead Space survival videogame series. Condrey was also a contributor to the James Bond and FIFA games.
Both he and World of Warcraft developer He and World of Warcraft developer Michael Morhaime are both notable for their significant contributions to the video game industry. have been noted for their important contributions to the videogame industry.
Condrey graduated in 1997 from the University of Washington. The following year, his senior thesis on applying biotechnology to conservation biology was published in the Molecular Ecology. After serving as scuba diving instructor and boat captain in the Cayman Islands, he began work on a graduate degree in Seattle. It was there that launched his game development career, beginning with a summer job at Electronic Arts during the peak of Seattle’s gaming explosion. Condrey later relocated to Redwood City at the EA-owned studio Visceral Games, where he became studio chief operations officer, as well as senior development director on the 2008 title Dead Space. He also worked on three other successful EA franchises: Need for Speed, FIFA, and the James Bond game series.
In November 2009, Condrey and Visceral Games colleague Glen Schofield founded Sledgehammer Games, a subsidiary of Activision operating under the company’s independent studio model. Condrey likened the opportunity to work with Activision and Call of Duty to a baseball player getting a call from the New York Yankees or a filmmaker hearing from Steven Spielberg After an initial attempt to create their own Call of Duty title, Condrey and Schofield collaborated with Infinity Ward on Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3. The game grossed $1 billion in worldwide sales in its first 16 days and took the Best Shooter prize at the 2011 Spike Video Game Awards. The following year, the game was named Game Design of the Year at the Korea Games Conference and won the Global Award from Japan Game Awards 2012 at the Tokyo Game Show.
His early years were spent in Washington state, and he later settled in San Francisco Bay Area.
Michael Condrey Net Worth
Net Worth | $5 Million |
Source Of Income | Game Designer |
House | Living in own house. |
Michael Condrey is one of the richest Game Designer from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Michael Condrey 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
He earned his bachelor’s degree at the University of Washington and taught scuba diving on the Cayman Islands. After returning to Washington, he worked for Electronic Arts and then held an executive role at Visceral Games in California.
He was a key contributor to Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, which won the Japan Game Award 2012 and saw sales of over one billion dollars in a month.
Michael Condrey (born October 20, 1972) is the co-founder & former studio head Sledgehammer Games, which he founded with Glen Schofield after their collaboration on the popular video game franchise Dead Space and is now the President of 31st Union, a 2K studio located in Silicon Valley, California.
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Facts & Trivia
Michael Ranked on the list of most popular Game Designer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Michael Condrey celebrates birthday on October 20 of every year.
Who is the head of sledgehammer?
History. Sledgehammer Games was founded during summer 2009 by Glen Schofield and Michael Condrey and acquired by Activision the same year. The studio originally worked on Call of Duty: Vietnam, a third-person shooter set during the Cold War.
Who is in charge of Sledgehammer Games?
TypeSubsidiary
Key people| Aaron Halon (studio head) Andy Wilson (chief operating
officer) Greg Reisdorf (creative director of multiplayer) David
Swenson (creative director and audio director)
Products| Call of Duty series
Number of employees| 450+ (August 2021)
Parent| Activision
Is Sledgehammer done with CoD?
Short answer: yes. While it has been speculated that with the move to a two- year cycle, some studios, including Sledgehammer, may leave the CoD series to develop other games, according to our favorite leaker Tom Henderson, Sledgehammer has already begun work on another CoD.
Who is Call of Duty Vanguard made by?
Sledgehammer Games
Who is Vanguard in cod mobile?
Vanguard is a character featured in Call of Duty: Mobile and was added in the game as part of the Season 7 Radioactive Agent update. She could be obtained for free in the Monthly Login Calendar of the season, by logging in for 24 days during the season.