Beautiful Game Studio
Beautiful Games Studios, the team behind the latest Championship Manager games, are based in north London. The studio employs over 30+ avid CM and football fans with over 100 years cumulative development experience and 90+ published titles.
You've played the game, now is your chance to meet part of the team behind Championship Manager!.
Name: Gavin Hutchinson
Favourite Club: Hudddersfield Town
Job Title: Database Programmer
Job Description: I work on the research database. Main job at the moment is working on the website which lets our researchers around the world provide us with data on players, clubs, competitions, etc.
History: Spent 5 years as a co-owner of a small company developing databases, then web databases for charities. Moved to BGS to develop web databases for a *much* more worthy cause: Champ Man.
If you had champ man stats – what would your highest be: Positioning (or shouting at team-mates).
Favourite past time: Play for, coach and manage 5,6 and 11-a side teams. (Alright, I should at team mates on 5,6, and 11-a side teams).
Name: James Orly (Eidos)
Favourite Club: Arsenal/Bristol Rovers
Job Title: UK Product Manager
Job Description: Looking after all the marketing and advertising for Champ Man
History: Used to work for an advertising agency but this would be more fun instead.
If you had champ man stats – what would your highest be: Dribbling.
Favourite Pastime: Games, surfing, music and coasteering (jumping off cliffs voluntarily)
Name: Ray Livingston (Eidos)
Favourite Club: Liverpool (I may be the first red you've ever met who's actually from Liverpool)
Job Title: Brand Manager
Job Description: Not sure - if anyone's got one, let me know.
History: Woolworths (when I was 16 - I was the music man), Psygnosis QA in Liverpool, moved to 'the Big Smoke' and spent 7 years at SCi, and then for the last year I have been working at Eidos on Champ Man.
If you had champ man stats – what would your highest be: Comic timing (don't you know all Scousers are funny?)
Favourite Pastime: Trying to prove that being small of stature doesn't mean you can't drink as much as everyone else. Unlike Keir who tries to prove the opposite.*
Name: Leeeeeeeeroy Kirwan (Eidos)
Favourite Club: Liverpool
Job Title: Web Guru
Job Description: All things web
History: 6 years at Eidos, man and boy.
If you had champ man stats – what would your highest be: Flair
Favourite past time: Crushing Keir at PES!**
Name: Jason Ried (Eidos)
Favourite Club: Arsenal
Job Title: Assistant Producer
Job Description: To assist everyone in getting the game out in perfect condition - if not please let me know urgently.
History: QA for Eidos on numerous CM versions and previously the oblivion of studying
If you had champ man stats – what would your highest be: Injury rating of 100
Favourite past time: Playing CM while recovering from a late night/hard week at work/injury
Name: Steve Didd (Eidos)
Favourite Club: Chelsea
Job Title: Senoir Producer
Job Description: I'm on the Eidos side of the busines working with the development teams on all things Championship Manager!
History: I started in games as a QA tester back in 99 and worked my way up through the ranks at Eidos. The first game I worked on was CM3 and I've had the joy of working on nearly every version since!
If you had champ man stats – what would your highest be: Decision making and vision.
Favourite Pastime: Football and games, what else is there?!
* rare
** very, very rare