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Costello wrote the critically acclaimed
classic game The 7th Guest. Since then, he
has scripted dozens of best-selling games such as
Shellshock-Nam ‘67 (Guerrilla Games and Eidos), Bad
Boys 2 (Empire) and 2005’s Doom 3 winner of an
unprecedented five awards at E3 including the Game
Critics Award: Best of E3.
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 Pirates of the Caribbean: At Worlds End, the Disney Interactive game Matt scripted, was released worldwide in 2007
in all the major console formats. The game has become the first Disney game to land in the US and UK at the #1 spot. Early reviews
have cited the true-to-the film’s feel of the story and characters. |
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 Just Cause,
co-written for Eidos, debuted as the #1 game
for Xbox
360 in the UK. Named ‘Best Adventure Game’
at the 2006
E3, it premiered on the US best-seller lists
as the #2
Xbox 360 game. |
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Currently, Matt is working on Rage, a new game
for ID Software, as well as a new game for Eidos with Neil Richards and Swedish developer
Avalanche.
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Costello has also created
many award-winning games for children, including the
landmark Aladdin’s Mathquest with math expert Marilyn
Burns for Disney, as well as A Cartoon History of the
Universe (Putnam) and two math games based on the hit
PBS show Cyberchase. He is designer of many role-playing
and board games, including Dungeons and
Dragons, Call of Cthulhu, Batman, Lone Wolf & Cub, and
many others.
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Other major games
include:
- Hercules, for Disney Interactive
- The Dark Half, for MGM.
- Derelict, for The Sci-Fi Channel
- Fatal Illusion -The Clue Chronicles – for Hasbro
- Barbie’s Riding Adventure–for Mattel
- Clifford’s Reading– for Scholastic
- Starsky & Hutch – for Empire
- The Italian Job - Eidos
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Upcoming for 2009:
- Rage -- a new game for ID Software
- G-Force for Disney Interactive
- A Kids Virtual World Project, for Animation Lab
- Just Cause 2– for Eidos.
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