Todd Howard (video game designer)
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Howard in 2010
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| Born |
April 25, 1971 Lower Macungie Township, Pennsylvania, United States |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | College of William & Mary |
| Occupation | Video game designer, director, producer |
| Employer | Bethesda Game Studios |
| Known for | The Elder Scrolls, Fallout |
Todd Howard (born April 25, 1971) is an American video game designer, director, and producer. He currently serves as director and executive producer at Bethesda Game Studios, where he has led the development of titles within the Fallout and The Elder Scrolls series.
GamePro magazine named Howard one of the "Top 20 Most Influential People in Gaming" over the last 20 years. He has also been named one of IGN's "Top Game Creators of All Time".
Howard was born in Lower Macungie Township, Pennsylvania. He developed an interest in computers, particularly video games, at a very young age. He considers Wizardry and Ultima III: Exodus to be inspirations for his future games. He is a 1989 graduate of Emmaus High School in Emmaus, Pennsylvania. In 1993, he graduated from The College of William & Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia, where he double majored in engineering and finance despite his desire to create video games, saying "it seemed like the easiest path to get through college".
After playing Wayne Gretzky Hockey, Howard requested a job from a Bethesda Softworks office he encountered each day on his commute to and from school, but he was rejected and told that he needed to finish school as a prerequisite. After completing school, he went back to Bethesda for a job but was rejected again.
Howard was finally able to join Bethesda Softworks in 1994. His first game development credit for Bethesda Softworks was as producer and designer of The Terminator: Future Shock and Skynet, and followed by design on The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall, released in 1996. He was the project leader and designer of The Elder Scrolls Adventures: Redguard released in 1998. Howard was the project leader and designer of The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind and for the expansions that followed. He led the creation of The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion and all of its downloadable content. After this, he was the game director and executive producer of Fallout 3.
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