Stewart E. Kosoy (1950 – October 4, 2015) was a pioneer in the video game business who worked in almost every capacity, from making animation to being a designer, producer, developer, agent, and most recently, publisher and financier. After holding a number of high-profile positions for some of the biggest game makers in the industry, he retired as an agent and senior partner of the Interactive Studio Management (ISM) Agency to co-found Digital Capital Corporation. He died in October 2015.
Career Kosoy got a job doing design consulting for NovaLogic on the game Wolfpack. He was employed by Taito as a producer. He joined Sega of America where he became Manager of Developer Relations. In 1991, while working for Sega, Kosoy produced Clutch Hitter, followed in 1992 by Disney's Ariel the Little Mermaid, Captain Planet and the Planeteers, and Toxic Crusaders. In 1993, he produced Dinosaurs for Hire and The Amazing Spider-Man vs. The Kingpin. The 1994 production of Star Trek: The Next Generation: Echoes from the Past completed his tenure at Sega.
Kosoy held the position of executive producer at Novalogic and established the company's UK office. Kosoy returned to California and became director of development for Warner Music Group. As vice president of product development at GT Interactive, during that time classic titles such as Doom II, Duke Nukem, Quake, and Unreal were published.
He left GT to become an executive producer for MGM Interactive, where he was the executive producer on Tiny Tank: Up Your Arsenal.
In 2002, Kosoy became an agent, where he began to find and represent talented development studios, eventually becoming a senior partner at ISM. One of his most noteworthy projects was putting together the Digital Illusions Creative Entertainment (DICE) - Electronic Arts (EA) deal for Battlefield 1942, which eventually led to the acquisition of DICE by EA for $24.5 million. At ISM he represented clients working on such titles as Die Hard Trilogy 2: Viva Las Vegas and Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare until he retired in December 2011, relinquishing his senior partnership.
In 2012, Kosoy and Todd Tribell co-founded Digital Capital Corporation (DCC). The company raises financing for game developers by acting as a matchmaker between investors and developers. At DCC, Kosoy takes a primary role in choosing projects to receive private equity placement.
Selected games
Year Game Role Developer Publisher1990WolfpackDesignerNovaLogicBroderbund1991Clutch HitterProducerSega of AmericaSega of America1992Toxic CrusadersProducerSega of AmericaSega of AmericaAriel the Little MermaidProducerSega of AmericaSega of AmericaCaptain Planet and the PlaneteersProducerSega of AmericaSega of America1993Dinosaurs for HireProducerSega of AmericaSega of AmericaThe Amazing Spider-Man vs. The KingpinProducerSega of AmericaSega of America1994Streets of Rage 3Business DeveloperSega of AmericaSega of AmericaStar Trek: The Next Generation: Echoes from the PastProducerSega of AmericaSega of America1995Comanche 2DesignerNovaLogicNovaLogic19969: The Last ResortVP of Product DevelopmentTribeca InteractiveGT Interactive1997Duke Nukem 3DVP of Product Development3D RealmsGT Interactive1999Tiny Tank: Up Your ArsenalExecutive ProducerAppaloosa InteractiveSony Computer Entertainment2000Bass Masters 2000AgentMass MediaTHQMs. Pac-Man Maze MadnessAgentMass MediaNamcoDie Hard Trilogy 2: Viva Las VegasAgentMass MediaFox Interactive2001Pac-Man CollectionAgentMass MediaNamcoNamco MuseumAgentMass MediaNamco2003Will RockAgentSaber InteractiveUbisoftMuppets Party CruiseAgentMass MediaTDK Mediactive2005Full Spectrum WarriorAgentMass MediaTHQ2006Full Spectrum Warrior: Ten HammersAgentMass MediaTHQ2007Call of Duty 4: Modern WarfareAgentn-SpaceActivision2008Star Wars: The Force UnleashedAgentn-SpaceLucasArts2009Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2Agentn-SpaceActivisionCall of Duty: Modern Warfare: MobilizedAgentn-SpaceActivision
Further reading
External links
Stewart Kosoy profile on MobyGames Stewart Kosoy at Find a Grave
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