Harvey Smith

Harvey Smith is scenarist and game designer in Arkane Studios. He claims Pong and Dungeon & Dragons entities as his primary source of inspiration. It is worth to note that Smith came to game design after his military service at U.S. Air Force. Besides games, he also wrote a book called "Big Jack is Dead."

Games

The portfolio of an author consists of 13 titles the most popular of which are the Deus Ex series and Dishonored dilogy. Not only as a writer is he resides in Arkane Studios, but as a co-creative director. Practically, he was one of the key team members to introduce the concept of Dishonored in the first place.

Career

The career of Smith in Arkane began in 2008. However, before that, he entered the video game industry in 1995 by applying to the QA team of System Shock in the Origins System which ceased to exist in 2004. While in Origins, Smith quickly became the head of producing Ultima VIII. Afterward, there came a Multitude in 1996 and Fireteam as the only project within this studio.