About the Author Tim Fields is a 16-year game industry veteran producer, project manager, design lead, and business developer. Tim has helped small studios and top publishers such as EA and Microsoft run teams that create great games. He has worked on shooters, sports games, racing titles, and RPGs using talent and teams from North America, Asia, Europe, and the United Kingdom. Tim has been involved in one way or another with franchises like Need for Speed, Halo, SSX, Brute Force, and Call of Duty. He loves visiting about game development and design and can be reached at tfields@distributedgamedevelopment.com.