George Ziets is a developer who worked at Obsidian Entertainment on Fallout: New Vegas as an additional writer. He wrote a number of NCR characters, including the members of First Recon and others at Camp McCarran.[citation needed]
Biography[edit]
Ziets graduated from Georgetown University with a BA in Psychology in 1996, and later graduated from the University of Maryland with a MA in Cognitive Psychology,[Ext 1] with his thesis focusing on Human-Computer Interaction.[Ext 2]
Career[edit]
In the early 2000s, Ziets worked as a writer for Earth & Beyond at Westwood studios, as well as a game designer at Turbine, Inc. on Lord of the Rings Online and Dungeons & Dragons Online. His first stint at Obsidian Entertainment starting in October 2005 and ended in September 2007, when he worked on Neverwinter Nights 2 as a designer and on Neverwinter Nights 2: Mask of the Betrayer as a creative lead. He left to join ZeniMax Online Studios from November 2007 to December 2008 to work as a writer and quest designer on Elder Scrolls Online.
He returned to Obsidian in 2009 and worked there until May 2013, though he worked as a freelance designer at the company from November 2012 to May 2013. He left to join inXile Entertainment to work on Torment: Tides of Numenera and Wasteland 3.[Ext 1]
Fallout Series[edit]
Ziets is credited as an additional writer on the base game for Fallout: New Vegas.[1] He wrote First Recon[Dev 1] including Corporal Betsy[Dev 2] and 10 of Spades.[Ext 3]
Employment History[edit]
| From | To | Company | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | present | Digimancy Entertainment | CEO / CCO |
| 2014 | 2019 | inXile Entertainment | Lead Designer |
| 2009 | 2012 | Obsidian Entertainment | Lead Creative Designer |
| 2007 | 2008 | ZeniMax Online Studios | Lead Writer / Quest Developer |
| 2005 | 2007 | Obsidian Entertainment | Lead Creative Designer |
| 2003 | 2005 | Turbine, Inc. | Game Designer |
| 2002 | 2003 | High Voltage Software | Producer |
| 2001 | 2002 | EA Westwood | Writer / Designer |
Credits[edit]
Fallout Series[edit]
| Year | Title | Credited |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 |  Fallout: New Vegas | Additional writer |
Other Work[edit]
| Year | Title | Credited |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Wasteland 3 | Lead Designer |
| 2016 | Torment: Tides of Numenera | Lead Area Designer |
| 2015 | Pillars of Eternity | Additional Writing |
| 2011 | Dungeon Siege III: Treasures of the Sun | Lead Creative Designer |
| 2011 | Dungeon Siege III | Lead Creative Designer |
| 2007 | Neverwinter Nights 2: Mask of the Betrayer | Lead Creative Designer |
| 2006 | Neverwinter Nights 2 | Area Design |
References[edit]
- ↑ Fallout: New Vegas Developer Statements - Miscellaneous; Joshua Sawyer: Game Credits, 2017 January 9
- ↑ Question: "Who wrote Corporal Betsy?"
Joshua Sawyer: "George Ziets."
(Joshua Sawyer on Formspring)