New Contractor - Ben Cosh

Ben Cosh is the latest member to join the Double Eleven ninjas.  Ben, who has been programming since the mid 90s and has worked in the industry for 8 years, is working with us as a contractor to assist our existing coders.  He has worked on a variety of console and handheld platforms for Brat Designs, Venom and Atomic Planet.  We’re sure he’ll be a useful addition to the team.  Welcome aboard, Mr. Cosh.

Linked-In Profile: http://uk.linkedin.com/pub/ben-cosh/9/223/b19

Martyn Brown working with Double Eleven

Martyn Brown, who has spent 25 years in the games industry and co-founded one of the UK’s brightest independent studios, is now lending his widespread experience to Double Eleven. Having recently began his own independent consultancy business, Martyn, a personal friend of Lee, CEO of Double Eleven, has come on board to assist with the continued growth and development of the company.

“I am incredibly chuffed to assist, advise and help inspire Double Eleven, who are hands-down one of the most exciting, driven and highly capable development teams I’ve had the fortune to meet in years. I have absolutely no doubt that Double Eleven will be amongst the UK’s most high-profile and successful development studios within a very short space of time” Martyn Brown.

Lee Hutchinson offered “We're really looking forward to Martyn's assistance. Everything at Double Eleven has been going so fast for us that it's hard to keep track of things at times. Martyn's experience and expertise are no doubt going to help keep things running smoothly as we look towards future plans for development of our own IP.”

Martyn begins working with Double Eleven this week.

View the article at gamesindustry.biz

New Employee - Wayne Smithson

The Double Eleven code team expands with the addition of the massively experienced Wayne Smithson.  Working in the industry since 1985, Wayne has over 25 years of programming under his belt.  Developing on some of the games and gaming hardware many of us remember playing on as kids, Wayne has grown up alongside our favourite entertainment medium.  There are few sides of development he’s not taken a role in, including management and production, but focusing on programming at Double Eleven, we’re sure he’ll be a considerable benefit to our code base.  Welcome aboard, Mr. Smithson.

New Employee - Lee Cherry

Lee Cherry joins our IT team as Systems Administrator. Coming from the University of Huddersfield’s BSc(Hons) Computer Games Programming course, Lee has game development experience too; five nominations at the GameRepublic Student Showcase 2010 prove his abilities. Lee’s background in everything IT dates back far before his course also. We’re confident that this background will help him tailor our set-up to suit our needs better. Welcome aboard, Mr. Cherry.

Linked-In: http://uk.linkedin.com/in/ltcherry

We’re booking meetings for GDC and DICE

Double Eleven are currently booking meetings for GDC and DICE. Please get in touch if you'd like to meet up with us: info@double11.co.uk

New Employee - Gary Ushaw

Our array of coders will now be safely commented-out of managing themselves, thanks to the latest member to join the Double Eleven team; Dr. Gary Ushaw. Starting as Code Project Manager, Gary will provide us with a greater structural approach to task handling and help to ensure our development processes go off without a hitch. His fourteen years in the industry and experience working with Ubisoft/Atari, and on various BBC projects, is proof enough of his abilities. We’re sure he’ll be a massive help to the team. Welcome aboard, Dr. Ushaw.

Linked-In Profile: Gary

New Employee - Nigel Conroy

Our coding team has expanded further with the addition of Nigel ‘Fred’ Conroy to the Double Eleven mix. Fred is a versatile C/C++ programmer with nearly twenty years experience in the industry. He was at R* Leeds most recently, where he met Lee and Matt, and has joined us to lend his programming prowess to our projects. Welcome aboard, Mr. Conroy.

Double Eleven will be at GameHorizon 2011

DoubleEleven will be attending the GameHorizon 2011 conference in Gateshead, Newcastle. The two-day event is looking interesting and a bunch of the Double Eleven team will be there. Get your tickets now and we’ll see you in July!

New Employee - Christian Russell

We have a new artist joining the Double Eleven team. With 16 years experience in 2D and 3D art, Christian Russell boasts such names as ‘Tomb Raider II’ and the LEGO Star Wars franchise on his CV. We’re looking forward to reaping the benefits of Christian’s experience for our projects. Welcome aboard, Mr. Russell.

Linked-In Profile: Christian