Ken Levine

Designer · Writer · Creative Director · Studio Executive

Ken Levine is President and Creative Director of Ghost Story Games. He is a game designer, writer, and creative director.

Career

Levine joined Looking Glass Studio as a video-game designer in 1995.

He co-founded Irrational Games in Boston shortly before Thief: The Dark Project released.

Take-Two acquired Irrational Games in January 2006; its announcement identified Levine as the studio's co-founder and President.

In February 2014, Levine announced he was winding down Irrational Games and would start a smaller Take-Two endeavor focused on narrative-driven digital games.

Ghost Story Games announced the in-development game Judas in December 2022.

Interesting Facts

  • Before entering games, Levine tried working as a playwright and screenwriter.

Credited Games

SWAT 4

Producer

April 05, 2005

85

BioShock

Narrative Development · Writer +1

August 21, 2007

93

Judas

Creative Director