Player First Games is a studio of veteran developers focused on serving players through the use of player first thinking. We're based in Los Angeles with remote team members across the United States.

Tony has been a combat and systems designer and lead for 15 years on titles like God of War 3, God of War Ascension and League of Legends. Tony and Chris met while leading a game team at Riot Games.

Chris has over a decade of experience in game and platform development. He focuses on building and leading product focused engineering teams.

Artak is both a skilled animator and tech artist. He was the cinematic lead on God of War: Ascension, where he built numerous animation pipelines and tools. Prior to joining us, he ran his own indie studio, Lightbound Studios, focused on VR games.

Stefan is a lifelong sound designer with a passion for game audio that has been lucky enough to work for companies like Respawn, Blizzard, and Amazon Game Studios, having most recently worked with the audio team on Jedi: Fallen Order. After seven years in the industry, Stefan joins us as our Audio Director.

Daniel has worked in the games industry for nearly a decade. He has animated and been a development generalist on projects like League of Legends, Teamfight Tactics, and Hawken.

Lis brings two decades of Human Resources and Operations experience to the studio. She keeps everything around the office running smoothly and efficiently.

Craig joins us from Sledgehammer Games, where he drove the design and implementation of numerous systems on the Call of Duty franchise.