Jason Schreier was born on May 10,1987 and is an American journalist and author who primarily covers the video game industry.
16 Facts About Jason Schreier
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Jason Schreier worked as a news reporter for Kotaku from 2011 to 2020 and was recognized for several investigative stories, particularly on the crunch culture within the industry.
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Jason Schreier attended the Gallatin School of Individualized Study at NYU, graduating with a degree in writing in 2009.
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Jason Schreier initially worked as a freelance journalist covering local news stories.
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Jason Schreier worked for Wired from 2010 to 2012, covering video games and related technology.
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Around 2011, Jason Schreier was contacted by Stephen Totilo, the editor-in-chief for the website Kotaku, offering him a position as a full-time news reporter.
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Jason Schreier accepted the position, which he started around the same time.
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Jason Schreier was promoted to news editor for the site prior to his departure.
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Besides standard reporting on video game news, Jason Schreier gained an early reputation at Kotaku for getting stories from developers about their inside processes for various titles.
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Jason Schreier found common stories of excessive use of "crunch time" by some developers and the use of excessive overtime over multiple weeks and months to make sure a video game was completed by a target date.
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In 2017, Jason Schreier wrote a book about the video game creation process titled Blood, Sweat, and Pixels: The Triumphant, Turbulent Stories Behind How Video Games Are Made.
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Jason Schreier's articles included the stumbling blocks that Bungie overcame for Destiny, for the planned Star Wars game Project Ragtag at Visceral Games that eventually led to the studio's closure, and the difficulties behind Electronic Arts's and BioWare's Anthem.
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Jason Schreier's reporting on Bethesda Softworks, such his 2013 story on the cancellation of Prey 2 that relayed internal communications he had been provided, is believed to have led Bethesda to "blacklist" Kotaku, denying the site any pre-release copies of their games or interviews at trade events since 2015.
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Shortly after leaving Kotaku, Jason Schreier took a position as reporter at Bloomberg News in April 2020.
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Jason Schreier still focuses on the video game industry and coverage of game development.
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Jason Schreier is one of the co-hosts of the podcast Triple Click with former Kotaku co-workers Kirk Hamilton and Maddy Myers.