1. Kiki Wolfkill was born on July 7,1969 and is an American video game developer.
17 Facts About Kiki Wolfkill
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Kiki Wolfkill oversaw the Halo franchise transmedia at 343 Industries until 2023, when she became head of intellectual property expansion and entertainment at Microsoft.
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Kiki Wolfkill was born on July 7,1969, in Seattle, Washington.
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Kiki Wolfkill moved at a young age to New Hope, Pennsylvania, where she grew up on a farm.
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Kiki Wolfkill's parents were competitive racers, and she was around cars and motorsports from an early age.
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Kiki Wolfkill learned to drive at 13, and her father taught her and her brother how to race by taking them to a track on weekends.
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Kiki Wolfkill recalled her parents giving them a great amount of latitude to be creative growing up, and that they were raised without regards to traditional gender roles.
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Kiki Wolfkill was inspired by her father's career in journalism and her mother's Chinese heritage to study Chinese history at Cornell University.
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At Microsoft, Kiki Wolfkill transitioned to multimedia for video games, including Microsoft Flight Simulator, CART Precision Racing, and RalliSport Challenge.
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Kiki Wolfkill joined Microsoft Game Studios in 1998, working as art lead on games including Midtown Madness before being promoted to art director.
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Kiki Wolfkill was able to use her racing background to provide input on the company's racing games.
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For Midtown Madness, Kiki Wolfkill drove cars rigged with microphones around a racing track to gain authentic audio.
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Kiki Wolfkill transitioned from PC-exclusive games to console titles, such as Project Gotham Racing, Fable, and Mass Effect.
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Kiki Wolfkill looked at a variety of Microsoft studios to join as an executive producer.
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Kiki Wolfkill executive produced Halo: The Master Chief Collection in 2014, before transitioning to overseeing the company's broader transmedia efforts.
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Kiki Wolfkill left 343 Industries in 2023 amid reorganization of the studio, becoming head of intellectual property expansion and entertainment for Microsoft.
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Kiki Wolfkill is part of the advisory board for the Tribeca Games Award as part of the Tribeca Film Festival, along with Hideo Kojima, Sam Lake, Bing Gordon, and Geoff Keighley.