Richard Lermarchand

Richard Lemarchand is a game designer at Naughty Dog, creators of the multi-million selling Uncharted, Jak and Daxter and Crash Bandicoot series of games.� The studio has sold over 40 million games in its lifetime, adding up to well over a billion dollars in sales, and has been wholly owned by Sony Computer Entertainment since 2001.

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Richard has worked directly on the design and production of twelve major console game titles in his 18-year career.� He was the Co-Lead Game Designer of Uncharted 2: Among Thieves, and the Lead Game Designer of Uncharted: Drake�s Fortune. He also worked on Naughty Dog's Jak 3 and Jak X: Combat Racing, and helped create the successful game series Gex, Pandemonium and Soul Reaver at Crystal Dynamics.

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Richard is a hands-on designer who enjoys the practical business of building out a game in iterative, adaptable ways, with the goal of achieving innovation while maintaining high standards of design. He has made story-based character-action games the main focus of his career, and his role at Naughty Dog includes production as well as design.

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Born in England, Richard grew up in a small rural town dreaming of ancient civilizations and outer space. He has a degree in Physics and Philosophy from Oxford University.

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