Rex
Crowle Game Developer
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t’s a small world. At least it is in the mind of Rex Crowle, whose work creating the visual style of the groundbreaking LittleBigPlanet for Media Molecule helped evoke the very essence of publisher Sony Computer Entertainment’s “Play, Create, Share” maxim. LBP has won five BAFTAs across its various iterations, including Artistic Achievement at the 2009 Games Awards, and is probably Crowle’s tentpole title to date, although he’s also created digital art and animation for clients such as Disney and MTV; graphic design for Lionhead Studios; co-created a bestselling app, EpicWin; and designed Media Molecule’s own distinctive identity. This year has seen Crowle become creative lead for the first time on Media Molecule’s Tearaway, a handheld adventure based in a papercraft world. Released this autumn, it has already won the Best Handheld/Mobile Game category at the Game Critics Awards from E3 2013. “In my area of games, it’s easy to be a little bit insular,” he says. “I’d like to build more bridges between my space and the other creative industries. I’d also like the freedom to try out new ideas and styles and take some risks.”
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