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Taehoon Oh
Born
오태훈

(1975-03-19) March 19, 1975 (age 49)
TitleGame Designer, COO at Studio Roqovan

Taehoon Oh (born March 19, 1975) is a computer graphic specialist, game designer and developer. He is a co-founder and COO at Studio Roqovan, formerly known as Reload Studios.[1][2] He was a lead artist and was one of the pioneer developers of the Call of Duty game franchise.[3] He is also one of the co-founders of the non-gaming virtual reality subdivision of Studio Roqovan called Rascali, launched in September 2015.[4][5]

Career

Oh serves as Chief Operating Officer at Reload Studios, which he founded in 2014 with James Chung and later renamed as Studio Roqovan.[6][7][8] There, in 2016, he developed a new game, World War Toons, a first-person multiplayer shooter game compatible with 3D VR (Virtual Reality) and PSVR.[9][10]

While working for Infinity Ward (the original COD developers) from 2004 to 2014,[11] Taehoon as a senior and lead artist designed over 50 vehicles and 100 weapons used in Call of duty’s different versions including Call of Duty 2, Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, and Call Of Duty Ghost.[12][13][14]

In 2007, he won the global game art competition for the game Dominance War,[15][16] and he served as a judge in various gaming competitions.[17][18]

Early life

Oh's early education took place in South Korea. His gaming interest was developed when his father bought him an Apple II personal computer.[11]

Awards

World Champion of global games art competition held in 2007 for the game Dominance war.[15]

References

  1. ^ "Call of Duty talent forms Reload Studios". GamesIndustry.biz. Retrieved 15 April 2016.
  2. ^ Al-Obaidi, Zeena. "World War Toons Devs Reload Studios Rebrand as Studio Roqovan, Inc".
  3. ^ "Thought Call of Duty was good? Wait until you see what its makers are working on next". Dailystar.co.uk. 2014-07-17. Retrieved 2017-05-23.
  4. ^ "World War Toons Dev Launches New VR Lab, Working with WoofbertVR". VRFocus.com. Retrieved 15 April 2016.
  5. ^ "Co-founder Rascalli". roqovan.com.
  6. ^ Moriarty, Colin (2014-07-14). "Ex-Call of Duty Devs Found Brand New Studio". IGN. Retrieved 2017-05-23.
  7. ^ "Ex-Call of Duty Devs Discuss Making New Multiplayer Virtual Reality Shooter". GameSpot. Retrieved 2017-05-23.
  8. ^ "Former Call of Duty Devs Create New Studio Reload to Make VR Games". GameSpot. Retrieved 2017-05-23.
  9. ^ "World War Toons". Playstation. Retrieved 2017-05-23.
  10. ^ "Hands on with Reload Studios' new VR FPS, World War Toons - UploadVR". UploadVR. 2015-03-22. Retrieved 2017-05-23.
  11. ^ a b "Reload Studios' Taehoon Oh: From Call of Duty to Virtual Reality – The Korea Times". www.koreatimesus.com. Retrieved 2017-05-23.
  12. ^ "Call Of Duty : Modern Warfare 3 Weapons And Vehicles by Taehoon Oh". Game Art Hub. 2013-07-23. Retrieved 2017-05-23.
  13. ^ "TaeHoon Oh (Person) - Giant Bomb". Giant Bomb. Retrieved 2017-05-30.
  14. ^ "Call Of Duty Ghosts Vehicles And Weapon Art by Taehoon Oh". zworks.net. Retrieved 2017-05-30.
  15. ^ a b "Dominance War - Homepage". www.dominancewar.com. Retrieved 2017-05-23.
  16. ^ https://issuu.com/azmirothman/docs/digital_art_masters_vol.3 (Feb 6, 2017). "BIGUN, by Taehoon Oh". Digital Art Masters. 3: 241–243. {{cite journal}}: External link in |last= (help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  17. ^ "Honorary Judges | Moviefest". Retrieved 2017-05-23.
  18. ^ "Extreme Makeovers | GameArtisans.org". GameArtisans.org. Retrieved 2017-05-23.