Brian Crecente founded Kotaku, co-founded Polygon, previously served as video games editor at Variety, and was in charge of game coverage at Rolling Stone.
11 Facts About Brian Crecente
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Brian Crecente began his career as a journalist with the Fort Worth Star-Telegram in 1997, where he covered crime and public safety for daily newspapers in Texas, Florida and Colorado for 12 years.
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Brian Crecente started his career as a video game journalist as the founding editor-in-chief of Kotaku, launched in 2004.
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In July 2017, Brian Crecente announced on Twitter that he would be leaving Polygon for Rolling Stones gaming website Glixel.
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Brian Crecente was laid off from Variety in June 2019, and the gaming section was removed from the Variety masthead.
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In 2020, Brian Crecente helped launch an official LEGO Games podcast for the LEGO Group entitled Bits N' Bricks to help celebrate the 25-year history of the first LEGO video game.
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In 2021, Brian Crecente helped launch an official Level Infinite podcast for Tencent Games entitled This is Level Infinite.
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In 2018, Brian Crecente received a special recognition from the Society of Professional Journalists for his series on game culture in Cuba.
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Brian Crecente was awarded first place for Excellence in eSports Writing that same year by the SPJ for his story on the esports champions of Cuba.
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Brian Crecente was named one of the 20 most influential people in the video game industry over the past 20 years by GamePro in 2009 and one of gaming's Top 50 journalists by Edge in 2006.
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Brian Crecente is the uncle of Jennifer Ann Crecente, who was murdered in 2006.