Haden Blackman

Haden Blackman
Born United States
Nationality American
Other names W. Haden Blackman
Occupation Video game designer, writer

Haden Blackman (sometimes credited as W. Haden Blackman) is an American writer and video game designer.

Early life

As a child, Blackman would read comic books during long road trips, which created his love for fantastical creatures.[1]

Career

He wrote a book called “The Field Guide to North American Monsters: Everything You Need to Know About Encountering Over 100 Terrifying Creatures in the Wild.[1] He also wrote another non-fiction book called The Field Guide to North American Hauntings: Everything You Need to Know About Encountering Over 100 Ghosts, Phantoms, and Spectral Entities/

While working at LucasArts he wrote several Star Wars comics, including Jango Fett: Open Seasons and Star Wars: Starfighter.[2]

He served as a producer on the MMORPG Star Wars: Galaxies[3] He was also the project lead on Star Wars: The Force Unleashed, a role which he describes as "a hybrid between creative director and executive producer."[4]

On 29 July 2010 he resigned from his position at LucasArts after thirteen years. His last project at LucasArts was Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II, which he wrote [5] He also wrote the game's comic book adaptation.[6] His last LucasArts interview was conducted on July 30, 2010, in which he described how he had difficulties getting the game finished on time.[7]

After leaving LucasArts, he wrote Batwoman for DC Comics but left the series due to issues with creative control, such as not being allowed to have the characters Kate Kane and Maggie Sawyer marry.[8] His run on the series lasted for 24 issues and four story arcs.[9]

On 30 December 2013 it was announced that he would write Elektra for Marvel Comics, which marked his debut writing for them.[10][11]

It was announced on February 26, 2015 that he would write Master of Kung Fu for Marvel.[12][13]

On Dec 04, 2014 it was announced that he had created a new video game studio called Hangar 13 Games. He was quoted as saying "I wanted to build the kind of games that I enjoy playing...From my perspective, 2K always puts the game first." The studio was confirmed to be working on an unspecified game.[14] The game was later confirmed as Mafia III, a sequel of Mafia II which he will be directing with his new studio Hangar 13, replacing 2K Czech as developer of the Mafia series.[15]

Awards

He was nominated for an GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Comic Book for Batwoman.[16]

Bibliography

Star Wars Comics

Star Wars Reference Books

DC Comics

Marvel

Non-Fiction

Gameography

References

  1. 1 2 3 "A Force Unleashed Interview With LucasArts' Haden Blackman". galacticbinder.com. Retrieved 2015-08-12.
  2. ↑ "Haden W. Blackman - 'Shug_Ninx' - Comic Book DB". comicbookdb.com. Retrieved 2015-08-12.
  3. ↑ "Star Wars Galaxies Jedi Interview - IGN". uk.ign.com. Retrieved 2015-08-12.
  4. ↑ "Q&A with Haden Blackman, Project Lead for Star Wars: The Force Unleashed | Suvudu". suvudu.com. Retrieved 2015-08-12.
  5. ↑ "Force Unleashed Producer Resigns - IGN". uk.ign.com. Retrieved 2015-08-12.
  6. ↑ "Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II (2010) OGN SC - Comic Book DB". comicbookdb.com. Retrieved 2015-08-12.
  7. ↑ "His last LucasArts interview: Haden Blackman | Develop". develop-online.net. Retrieved 2015-08-12.
  8. ↑ "JH Williams III - News, Gallery, and Original Comic Art for Sale". jhwilliams3.com. Retrieved 2015-08-12.
  9. ↑ "Comic Book DB - The Comic Book Database". comicbookdb.com. Retrieved 2015-08-12.
  10. ↑ "From Gotham to Greek Assassin: BATWOMAN's HADEN BLACKMAN Steps In To Launch ELEKTRA | Newsarama.com". newsarama.com. Retrieved 2015-08-12.
  11. ↑ "Blackman Cuts To The Heart Of Marvel's "Elektra" - Comic Book Resources". comicbookresources.com. Retrieved 2015-08-12.
  12. ↑ "Blackman Trains with a "Master of Kung Fu" to Battle "Secret Wars" - Comic Book Resources". comicbookresources.com. Retrieved 2015-08-12.
  13. ↑ "hadenblackman.com". hadenblackman.com. Retrieved 2015-08-12.
  14. ↑ "2K Games forms new studio led by ex-LucasArts creative director Haden Blackman | Polygon". polygon.com. Retrieved 2015-08-12.
  15. ↑ "Everything we know about Mafia 3 so far, including trailers and release date - Gaming Feature - Digital Spy". digitalspy.co.uk. Retrieved 2015-08-12.
  16. ↑ "A Closer Look At The 25th GLAAD Media Awards Comics Nominees". comicsalliance.com. Retrieved 2015-08-12.
  17. ↑ W. Haden Blackman. The Field Guide to North American Hauntings: Everything You Need to Know About Encountering Over 100 Ghosts, Phantoms, and Spectral Entities. New York: Three Rivers Press, 1998. ISBN 0-609-80021-3
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