Naughty Dog staff were not “pirated” by Valve

Worried that Valve might be “stealing” creative talents from Naughty Dog? Not so fast. The news pinpointed three devs namely, Vitaliy Genkin, Elan Ruskin, and Alex Vlachos. All three of them have worked for Valve some couple of years already.

Worried that Valve might be “stealing” creative talents from Naughty Dog? Not so fast. The news pinpointed three devs namely, Vitaliy Genkin, Elan Ruskin, and Alex Vlachos. All three of them have worked for Valve some couple of years already.

Their LinkedIn profiles reveal their portfolio of games, not only for Valve and SCEA, but also for Buka Entertainment, Eidos and EA.

Elan Ruskin

Valve Corporation

• Left 4 Dead 2 (2009)
• Left 4 Dead (2008)
• The Orange Box (2007)
  Half-Life 2: Episode Two (2007), Buka Entertainment

Buka Entertainment

• Portal (2007)

Sony Computer Entertainment America

• Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune (2007)
• Jak X: Combat Racing (2005)
• Jak 3 (2004)

Eidos, Inc.

• Thief: Deadly Shadows (2004)
  Deus Ex: Invisible War (2003)

Electronic Arts

• The Sims: Online (2002)

Alex Vlachos

Valve Corporation

• Left 4 Dead 2 (2009)
• Left 4 Dead (2008)
• The Orange Box (2007)

Buka Entertainment

• Half-Life 2: Episode Two (2007)
• Portal (2007)

SCEA

• Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune (2007)
• Jak X: Combat Racing (2005)

Vitaly Genkin

Valve Corporation

• Left 4 Dead 2 (2009)
• Left 4 Dead (2008)

Buka Entertainment

• Half-Life 2: Episode Two (2007)
• The Orange Box (2007), Valve Corporation
• Portal (2007)

SCEA

• Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune (2007)
• Jak X: Combat Racing (2005)

It therefore looks like these highly talented guys are not exclusive talents of any one company then. And just look at those games they’ve worked on. Those are all high quality games! That sure does say a lot about the caliber of these folks.

Via [Attack of the Fanboy]