- Charlie Wiederhold
Charlie Wiederhold (also known as wieder) is an American
video game developer known for his involvement in thefirst person shooter industry and community. He is currently anassociate producer atGearbox Software working on an untitled "Aliens" FPS, but has also donelevel design and programming.Charlie started work in the Game field by doing Commercial Addons, primarily with companies like Sunstorm Interactive. Charlie was then hired by
Ritual Entertainment where he did level design and scripting on Sin and helped with early design onFAKK2 . In 1998 he moved to3D Realms to work onDuke Nukem Forever where he became well known for his personal involvement with the fans [ [http://forums.3drealms.com/vb/showpost.php?p=313553&postcount=91 3D Realms Forums - View Single Post - Charlie Wiederhold leaves 3dr, DNF team! ] ] and dedication to supporting the game even though it was delayed for years. There was a stir caused when Wiederhold and others left 3D Realms, some going to Gearbox Software together. This was notable due to Charlie being the one DNF team member who interacted frequently with the community, his eight years of work put into the project, and was a self professedDuke Nukem fanatic. The departure(s) seemed to some as an indication of problems at 3D Realms. [ [http://forums.3drealms.com/vb/showthread.php?t=18118 3D Realms Forum discussion of the departure] ] [ [http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/43655 Shacknews article about departures] ] Charlie gave assurances his departure was a personal choice because he was ready for something new and that "It's not worthwhile to speculate on where DNF is" based on the news. [ [http://forums.3drealms.com/vb/showpost.php?p=315045&postcount=119 3D Realms Forums - View Single Post - Charlie Wiederhold leaves 3dr, DNF team! ] ]Charlie was also responsible for organizing and releasing the
Duke Nukem 3D andShadow Warrior source code , thus allowing the community to breathe new life into those games.ee also
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Ritual Entertainment
*Sin
*3D Realms
*Duke Nukem Forever
*Gearbox Software References
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