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Vykarian is born
October 8, 2006
SHANGHAI: Today Xin Chung, American McGee, and Wu Dong Hao announced
the formation of Vykarian - a new breed of game art outsourcing company
which will specialize in building art assets for the world's best
known video game brands. The new company represents the strongest
bridge between triple-A western game titles and Chinese game art
outsourcing industry.
Founders in the company bring with them decades of combined hands-on
experience in the interactive entertainment industry. Their critical
understanding of the challenges and processes of game production
distinguishes them as the best team to build a world-class
solution for game art outsourcing.
Xin Chung comments "Vykarian is the first China based game
outsourcing company to combine deep artistic, technical, and
management knowhow into a unified production methodology. A few
outsourcing companies have begun to realize the importance of
highly scalable factory model, but until now, no one has truly put
recruiting, training, and retaining at the heart of their
outsourcing strategy."
McGee adds "I'm thrilled to be a part of this critical
mass of talent and knowledge in China . A perfect storm
is brewing around this industry. When Microsoft and Sony
engage in a bloody war over market dominance, we hope to
be there to provide the highest quality bullets for the battle."
Key to the company's success will be its ability to attract
and train the best production talent, scale to meet the demands
of even the largest game productions, and deliver the highest
quality assets with industry leading predictability.
"I was immediately excited by the huge potential of Vykarian's vision
for outsourcing in China," said Wu Dong Hao, "Vykarian's market
leading process and customer interface is what will guide this
industry into the future."
Vykarian is actively recruiting experienced team members to join their world-class team.
For more information on Vykarian contact hr [at] vykarian.com
or visit http://www.vykarian.com.
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Notes for Editors
Xin Chung
For over a decade, Xin Chung has held positions at leading video
game companies such as Microsoft, Sony, Squaresoft, and THQ.
He continued his career in Hollywood producing 3D animation
for games, music videos, and theme parks. Chung gained
outsourcing experience in 2000 while developing iTV products
in India and China . Most recently, he founded Vykarian,
an outsourcing company connecting US game publishers to
Chinese developers.
American McGee
Over the past 14 years American has made significant creative
contributions to a long list of enormously popular titles
including id Software's "DOOM" and "Quake" series, Electronic
Art's "The Sims", and the cult classic "American McGee's Alice".
In 2004 McGee relocated to China to manage production of his
"Bad Day LA" game title. He continues to deliver new
cross-media franchises bound for global success.
Wu Donghao
As the first game producer at UBI Soft Shanghai, 8-year
veteran producer, Wu Dong Hao held key management positions
on 7 AAA titles including Splinter Cell, Rainbow Six, and Ghost
Recon. His extensive experience building production pipelines
that maximize local and foreign talent was integral to growing
UBISoft Shanghai from 5 0 to over 500 employees. Wu's management
of team sizes greater than 120 has given him rare perspective on
the challenges facing AAA game production in China.
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