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The gaming industry is full of unsung heroes.
People who are rarely praised, despite the pivotal contributions they make behind the scenes.
What’s an RPG without a decent story attached to it?
Across regions, genres, and platforms, stories remain central to gaming.
So join us in celebrating those who wrote some of the most influential gaming narratives.
She received her first writing credit for The Wolf Among Us before moving on to Telltales Game of Thrones.
Here, Martinez was part of the team that wrote episodes two and four.
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She wrote Suikoden 4 and was also the games motion capture director.
By then, shed already worked across a number of different areas of game development, including beta testing.
First up was Dishonored 2, for which she served as Lead Narrative Designer.
She then worked in the same capacity on Dishonored: Death of the Outsider as well as Deathloop.
For Zombie Army 4: Dead Army, the author was responsible for the title’s narrative and script.
He was also the Lead Writer of Terminator: Dark Fate-Defiance.
Szamalek received his first writing credit for the company on The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt.
For Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales, Szamalek earned a Principal Writer credit.
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He was also a writer and story consultant on the first-person shooter Rage.
Costello hasnt slowed down since, continuing to write across multiple genres and disciplines.
Perhaps most famously, Costello was the scriptwriter on the 2023 remake of Resident Evil 4.
Both games continue the studio’s strong tradition of seamlessly melding great narratives and motion capture technology.
She also worked as a writer on Myst 4: Revolution and Homeworld 2.
During the 2010s, DeMarle worked on some of Eidos Interactives biggest games.
In 2022, DeMarle joined Bioware and worked as a Narrative Director on Dragon Age: The Veilguard.
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