Hobbit (The)

Specifics

FIRST RELEASE:	2003-11-11
DEVELOPERS:	Inevitable Entertainment
PUBLISHERS:	Vivendi Universal Games
GROUPS:	Lord of the Rings, Based on movies, books or other media
GENRES:	Third-person action/adventure
PLATFORMS:	IBM PC, Nintendo GameCube, PlayStation 2 (PS2), Xbox
ENGINES:	Unknown/unnamed

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Making of

Jaime R. Grieves	Executive Producer
Chuck Lupher	Creative Director
Andy Thyssen	Technical Director
Michael Fong	Art Director
Artie Rogers	Game & System Design
Bey Bickerton	Game & System Design
Brandon Paul Salinas	Game & System Design
Chuck Lupher	Game & System Design
Rand Van Fossen	Game & System Design
Rhea Shelley	Game & System Design
Artie Rogers	Level Designers
Brandon Paul Salinas	Level Designers
Rand Van Fossen	Level Designers
Rhea Shelley	Level Designers
Michael McClelland	Level Artists
Carrie Meade	Level Artists
Paul Haskins	Level Artists
Greg Omelchuck	Level Artists
Luke Gustafson	Level Artists
Brad Marques	Character Modeling
Jesse Slate	Character Modeling
Tom Heimann	Character Modeling
Michael Fong	Character Modeling
Jesse Slate	Character Animation
Tom Heimann	Character Animation
Brad Marques	Character Animation
Shane Tarrant	Character Animation
Michael Fong	Character Animation
Martin L'Heureux	Character Animation
Carrie Meade	Front End and HUD
Jeremy Howa	Front End and HUD
Michael Fong	Pageturn Cinemas
Carrie Meade	Pageturn Cinemas
Martin Coven	Special Effects Artist
John Versluis	Technical Art Support
Martin Coven	Technical Art Support
Stevan Hird	Character & World Rendering
Mike Reed	Special Effects
Andrew Yount	Special Effects
Waylon Calabrese	Bilbo
Andrew Yount	Camera
Alex Cheng	Puzzles
David Russell	Puzzles
Andrew Yount	Puzzles
Jason Franklin	Creature AI System Architect
Michael Kupka	Additional Creature AI
Paul Masters	Additional Creature AI
Rob Brannon	Audio Streaming & Effects Technology
Michael Kupka	Music Logic
Alex Cheng	Environmental Effects
Andrew Yount	Environmental Effects
Alex Cheng	Tools and Technology
David Russell	Tools and Technology
Mike Reed	Tools and Technology
Jason Franklin	Tools and Technology
Rob Brannon	Tools and Technology
Andrew Yount	Tools and Technology
Brian Watson	Tools and Technology
John Nagle	Tools and Technology
D. Michael Traub	Tools and Technology
Rafael Brown	Additional Design
Bobby Pavlock	Additional Design
Jim Richardson	Additional Design
Trevor Lemoine	Additional Art
Carrie Meade	Additional Art
Greg Omelchuck	Additional Art
Martin Coven	Additional Art
Michael McClelland	Additional Art
Jesse Slate	Additional Art
Tomas Arce	Additional Programming
Adam Hunter	Additional Programming
Bryon Hapgood	Additional Programming
Mark Billington	Additional Programming
Sean Skelton	Additional Programming
Todd Raffray	QA Manager
Kent Raffray	QA
Mark Richards	QA
Russell Byrd	Chief Executive Officer
Bey Bickerton	Chief Creative Officer
Craig Galley	Chief Technical Officer
Cyrus Lum	Chief Art Officer
Marc Schaefgen	Audio Director
Lisa Risnikove	Voiceover Director
Brandon Paul Salinas	Script Written By
John Mann	Script Doctor
Michael Beattie	Voice talent: Bilbo
Tom Kane	Voice talent: Narrator
Jim Ward	Voice talent: Gandalf
Clive Revill	Voice talent: Thorin
James Horan	Voice talent: Smaug
Daran Norris	Voice talent: Gollum
Alastair Duncan	Voice talent
Andre Sogliuzzo	Voice talent
Andrew Ableson	Voice talent
Brian George	Voice talent
Cam Clarke	Voice talent
Candi Milo	Voice talent
Dee Bradley Baker	Voice talent
Grey DeLisle Griffin	Voice talent
James Arnold Taylor	Voice talent
Jane Singer	Voice talent
Jennifer Hale	Voice talent
Joshua Seth	Voice talent
Kat Cressida	Voice talent
Kath Soucie	Voice talent
Michael Ensign	Voice talent
Michael J. Gough	Voice talent
Nathan Carlson	Voice talent
Oliver Muirhead	Voice talent
Patrick Pinney	Voice talent
Robb Dean	Voice talent
Robin Atkin Downes	Voice talent
Steve Staley	Voice talent
Victor Raider-Wexler	Voice talent
Wally Wingert	Voice talent
Mike Caviezel	Dialogue Editing and Processing
Sonic Pool	Dialogue Recorded By
Robert Abernethy	Orchestral and Acoustic Music Composition
Dave Adams	Orchestral and Acoustic Music Composition
Jason Graves	Orchestration and Orchestra Conducted by
Simon James	Concert Master and Orchestra Contractor
Rodney Gibbs	Executive Producer
Scott White	Creative Director
Blake Bush	Production Director
Scott Laing	Design Director
Sean Murphy	Art Lead
Acy Stapp	Lead Programmer
Chad Goolbis	Programmers
Marshall Kunze	Programmers
Wiley Akins	Artists
Brennan Hornburg	Artists
Mike Wabschall	Designer
Cheryl Pennick	Testing Lead
Wendy Gray	Software Testers
Jack Brummet	Software Testers
Dan Elenbaas	Executive Management
David Mann	Executive Management
Phil Trumbo	Creative Director
Jack Brummet	Director of Development Services
Kris Summers	Director of Design
Mike Dean	Director of Operations and Finance
Curtis Asplund	Director of Marketing
Lindsay Gupton	Executive Studio Director, KnowWonder
Stephen Clarke-Willson	Executive Studio Director, Adrenium Games
Steve Ettinger	Executive Studio Director, Griptonite Games
Rodney Gibbs	Studio Director, The Fizz Factor
Scott K. Tsumura	Executive Studio Director, BlackShip Games
Inevitable Entertainment	Special Thanks
Kevin Burdick	Special Thanks
Susan DeMerit	Special Thanks
Christian Kimball	Special Thanks
Stephanie Hjertager	Special Thanks
Mia Robinson	Special Thanks
Paul Stokes	Special Thanks
Kelly Zmak	VP Development Studio
Julie Pitt	Development Operations and Production Manager
Shari Lindholm	Sr. Administrative Assistant
Ken Embery	Executive Producer
Troy Skinner	Senior Producer
Bernadette Pryor	Associate Producer
Kris Bryan	Tolkien Approvals Coordinator
Charles Grover Holtzclaw	Director of Marketing, VUG
Steve Beinner	Brand Manager, VUG
Adam Kahn	Senior PR Manager, VUG
James R. Carey	CGI Cinematic Director
Glenn Oliver	CGI Cinematic Producer
Meteor Studios	CGI Development Teams
Belyea Animation & Visual Effects Studio	CGI Development Teams
Lost Boys Studios	CGI Development Teams
Mike Caviezel	Dialog Editor /Sound Designer
Stuart Hay	Director of Quality Assurance PC
David Schapiro	QA Brand Manager
William Guerrero	QA Leads
Linda Maier	QA Associate Leads
Cameron Austin	QA Associate Leads
Lester Stocker	Sierra Entertainment QA
Corey Stelton	Sierra Entertainment QA
Alan Petroff	QA Testers
Armond James	QA Testers
Chang Hoh Koo	QA Testers
Daniel Cervantes	QA Testers
Fausto Lorenzano	QA Testers
James Pasque	QA Testers
Jose Beltran	QA Testers
Steven Baker	QA Testers
Tommy Tran	QA Testers
Randy Linch	Director of VUPC
Brandon Valdez	VUPC Leads
Cyra Talton	VUPC Leads
Glenn Dphrepaulezz	VUPC Leads
Jaime Rios	Configuration Manager
Afolabi Akibola	Configuration Staff
Jack Yao	Configuration Staff
Jason Perry	Configuration Staff
Mark Jihanian	Configuration Staff
Min Huang	Configuration Staff
Robert Gardner	Configuration Staff
Steven Hung	Configuration Staff
Daniel Greenberg	Creative Director - Tolkien Franchise
John Slowsky	Art Director - Tolkien Franchise
Chance Thomas	Music Director - Tolkien Franchise
Laurie Battle	Director of Licensing - Tolkien Enterprises
Fiona Wilson	Localization Producer, Europe
Siobhan Wallace	Localization Producer, Asia-Pacific
Jim Wilson	Executive VP Worldwide Development
Scott Cuthbertson	Senior Producer
Shamus Dermody	Engineering Lead
Jason King	Engineer
Bill Sweeney	Audio Specialist
Nelly Dietrich	QA Lead
Javier Bailo	QA Testers
Maria Goretti Alvarez	QA Testers
Gilda Hallinan	QA Testers
Ray Heffernan	QA Testers
Niall Hogan	QA Testers
Andrew Kavanagh	QA Testers
Elena Rossi	QA Testers
Sandra Rothig	QA Testers
Joan Serra	QA Testers
Laurent Venier	QA Testers
Nico Richters	Compliance Lead
Brendan Aupy	Compliance Testers
Edward Brennan	Compliance Testers
Andrea Fusco	Compliance Testers
Laura Casanellas Luri	Linguistic Review
Maria Jose Alvarez	Linguistic Review
Caroline Bidet	Linguistic Review
Viviana Guglielmi	Linguistic Review
Annemarie Leonard	Linguistic Review
Anke McElligott	Linguistic Review
Gina Schmitz	Special Thanks
Bryen Aoyama	Special Thanks
Jim Wilson	Special Thanks
Michael Pole	Special Thanks
Peter Della Penna	Special Thanks
Molly O'Brien	Special Thanks
Peter Marx	Special Thanks
Cliff Broadway	Special Thanks
Dylan Bromley	Special Thanks
Matthew From	Special Thanks
Rob Irving	Special Thanks
David O'Conner	Special Thanks
Nancy Rinehart	Special Thanks
Scott Cuthbertson	Special Thanks
Andrew Shiozaki	Special Thanks
Dan Smith	Special Thanks
Laurie Battle	Special Thanks
Daniel Greenberg	Special Thanks
John Slowsky	Special Thanks
Chance Thomas	Special Thanks
Quentin Gauthier	Special Thanks
Chloe Rothwell	Special Thanks
Fiona Wilson	Special Thanks
Siobhan Wallace	Special Thanks
Mike Ryder	Special Thanks
Justin Brandstater	The Hobbit Package Illustrator
Kevin Lamb	The Hobbit Manual - Writing
Kim McGovern	The Hobbit Manual - Design