James Beech

James Beech is a Canadian-American game designer. Beech joined Retro Studios as an environment designer in January 2020 and departed in January 2021. His hiring at Retro was reported on February 16, 2020, along with that of Mark Capers.Robinson, Andy. February 16, 2020. "Metroid Prime 4 studio hires another Super Lucky’s Tale designer" Video Games Chronicle Retrieved from https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/retro-studios-hires-another-luckys-tale-designer/Craddock, Ryan. February 17, 2020. "Metroid Prime 4 Dev Retro Studios Hires Super Lucky's Tale And Crysis 3 Designers" Nintendo Life Retrieved from http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2020/02/metroid_prime_4_dev_retro_studios_hires_super_luckys_tale_and_crysis_3_designers According to his LinkedIn profile in early 2020, Beech was "Working on cool stuff!" at Retro. As of 2021, his profile, social media profiles and website acknowledged that he worked on Metroid Prime 4, but provided no details other than that he was a Level Designer for it.
His previous experience includes work at Sony Online Entertainment (DC Universe Online), Silicon Knights (Eternal Darkness 2; cancelled), Crytek (Crysis 3), Gunfire Games (Remnant: From the Ashes) and Neon Serpent LLC (Ultraworld and an unannounced indie project that is on hiatus). He has also written blog posts for Gamasutra and given speeches at Game Developer Conference and the University of San Francisco. He says his "one true goal" as a Canadian is to wrestle a bear.
==Gallery==
James Beech LinkedIn acknowledgement he worked on MP4.png|Beech's LinkedIn profile, acknowledging his work on Prime 4.
James Beech website page on Metroid Prime 4.png|The page on Beech's website for Prime 4.
==External links==
*Website
*Beech on LinkedIn
*Beech on MobyGames
*Beech on Gamasutra
*Beech on Instagram
==References==
Category:Retro Studios employees
Category:Artists and Designers