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Paul Wedgwood

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Paul Wedgwood was born in June 1970. Wedgwood started his career in the early 1990s as a network engineer attending major clients such as the Home Office and 10 Downing Street. However he first joined the games industry in 1999 when he became infrastructure manager for
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a multiplayer gaming website and ISP. During this time he spent much of his time working as a presenter and commentator on a videogame TV show broadcasting to Australasia, called Lock 'n Load.
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Later in 2018, Wedgwood and other former Splash Damage members formed Supernova Capital, an investment firm. Supernova made its first acquisition in March 2019 with the studio
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In November 2020, Supernova sold Flying Wild Hog to Swedish gaming holding company Embracer Group (through its subsidiary Koch Media GmbH) for $ 137million.
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Alongside Barrysworld, Wedgwood worked as part of an amateur development team under his online alias 'Locki' on a modification of the game
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By then end of 2018, he officially stepped down as CEO of Splash Damage. Richard Jolly was appointed as the new CEO.
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was announced, for up to $ 150 million by Wedgwood, its sole owner, co-founder and chief executive.
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entitled Q3F. A number of these core members later went on to form the video game developer
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After founding Splash Damage, Wedgwood was credited on a number of games including
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founder
Splash Damage
BarrysWorld
Quake III Arena
Splash Damage
Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory
Doom 3
Quake Wars
Brink
Leyou
Flying Wild Hog


"Co-Founder Richard Jolly appointed CEO of Splash Damage"
"Paul Wedgwood's profile on Linkedin"
"Frags to Riches - An Interview with Splash Damage's Paul Wedgwood"
"Paul Wedgwood's profile on MobyGames"
"Chinese chicken supplier buys UK games developer Splash Damage | Technology"
The Guardian
"Splash cash: Shadow Warrior studio Flying Wild Hog bought up"
Rock Paper Shotgun
"Embracer Group Acquires Flying Wild Hog And 12 Other Companies"
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1970 births
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Living people

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