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Metal Gear fan, turned game journalist, turned game developer, currently working for Microsoft Games Studio.
He joined Kojima's team during the development of Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater for the PlayStation 2 and gradually became a more and more integral part of the development team. After initially focussing on localisation Ryan was given the role of producer on PSP title Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops. As his role expanded he continued to gain Kojima's trust and began working on almost every aspect of the series during the creation of Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of The Patriots for the PlayStation 3. His contributions included location scouting, scripting, gameplay design, voice direction, marketing, bug testing and almost every other aspect of development.
Ryan hosts the successful Kojima Productions Report podcast with fellow MGS producer, Kenichiro Imaizumi. The podcast is the English language companion for Kojima's own Hidechan Radio series.
On August 26th 2008 Ryan announced he was leaving Kojima Productions after his mother falling ill. Ryan had this to say about leaving the company he had always dreamt of working for;
"I went back home to my family's place in Washington state and literally three weeks after MGS4 launched we were hit with some pretty heavy news concerning my mom. I don't think I need to go into details, but all of this has reminded me about how important family is. So this past month I decided to leave Kojima Productions and look to continue my career working closer to my family in North America."
"It's not easy leaving my other family (the MGS team), but with everybody taking time off and not having any other big projects to shift focus to, it feels like this is how it's supposed to be. It's fate.
"Working on MGS: Portable Ops and MGS4 has been a life changing experience. I feel so lucky to have worked with such a talented and passionate team."
Ryan Payton games
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Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots released on June 12, 2008 |
PS3 | Kojima Productions |
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Super Smash Bros. Brawl released on March 9, 2008 |
WII | Game Arts Co., Ltd., Sora |
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Contra 4 released on Nov. 13, 2007 |
DS | WayForward Technologies |
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Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops Plus released on Nov. 13, 2007 |
PSP | Kojima Productions, 8-4, Ltd. |
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Lunar Knights released on April 13, 2007 |
DS | Nintendo, Kojima Productions |
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Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops released on Dec. 5, 2006 |
PSP | Kojima Productions |
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| Full Name: | Ryan Payton |
| Gender: | Male |
| Birthday: | April 30, 1981 |
| Death: | n/a |
| Credited In: | 6 games |
| 1st Game Credit: | Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops |
| Currently Working For: | Microsoft Game Studios |
| Hometown: | Vancouver, Washington |
| Country: | United States |
| Website: | http://mp.i-revo.jp/user.php/kp-ryan/ |
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