Ted Price
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| Born | July 5, 1968 |
| Alma mater | Princeton University |
| Occupation | CEO of Insomniac Games |
| Years active | 1994–present |
Ted Price is an American businessman who is the President and CEO of Insomniac Games, Inc. — an independent game developer which he founded in 1994. Since its inception the company has grown to approximately 210 people. Insomniac Games has offices in Burbank, California and in Durham, North Carolina.
Before founding Insomniac Games, Inc., Price worked as a controller for a medical company. He then went on to found Insomniac in 1994. Price's responsibilities at Insomniac has included directing the company's day-to-day business and long term strategy as well as overseeing its projects and contributing to their design.
Price is a board member and former chairman of the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences. Price has also been active and outspoken in defense of the video game industry’s right to freedom of expression in state level court cases since 2005. More recently Price assisted in industry efforts during the U.S. Supreme Court’s hearing of Brown v. Entertainment Merchants Association.
Price attended St. Christopher's School in Richmond, Virginia and holds a degree in English from Princeton University. He is married and has four children.
Insomniac’s first game was Disruptor, a critically successful first person shooter released for the PlayStation in 1996. While it was not an overwhelming commercial success, Insomniac’s subsequent games have been.
Insomniac created Spyro the Dragon and two sequels for the PlayStation. The company then went on to create Ratchet & Clank for the PlayStation 2. Insomniac followed up with 5 sequels Going Commando, Up Your Arsenal, Ratchet: Deadlocked, Size Matters and Secret Agent Clank on the PlayStation 2. It, then, released 7 installments like Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction, Ratchet & Clank: Quest for Booty, Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack in Time, Into the Nexus, Ratchet & Clank: All 4 One, Ratchet & Clank: Full Frontal Assault and Collection for the PlayStation 3. The most recent installment in the series is Ratchet & Clank for PlayStation 4.
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