Stewart Kosoy


Stewart Kosoy was a pioneer in the video game business who worked in almost every capacity from making animation to being a designer, producer, developer, agent, and most recently, publisher and financier. After holding a number of high-profile positions for some of the biggest game makers in the industry, he retired as an agent and Senior Partner of the Interactive Studio Management Agency to co-found Digital Capital Corporation. He died in October, 2015.

Career

Kosoy got a job doing design consulting for NovaLogic on the game Wolfpack. He was employed by Taito Corporation as a producer. He joined Sega of America where he became Manager of Developer Relations. In 1991, while working for Sega, Kosoy produced Clutch Hitter, followed in 1992 by Disney's Ariel the Little Mermaid, Captain Planet and the Planeteers, and Toxic Crusaders. In 1993 he produced Dinosaurs for Hire and The Amazing Spider-Man vs. The Kingpin. The 1994 production of ' completed his tenure at Sega.
Kosoy held the position of Executive Producer at Novalogic and established the company's UK office. Kosoy returned to California and became Director of Development for Warner Music Group. As Vice President of Product Development at GT Interactive Software, during the time classic titles such as, Duke Nukem, Quake, and Unreal were published.
He left GT to become and Executive Producer for MGM Interactive, where he was the Executive Producer on '.
In 2002, Kosoy became an agent, where he began to find and represent talented development studios, eventually becoming a Senior Partner at ISM. One of his most noteworthy projects was putting together the Digital Illusions Creative Entertainment - Electronic Arts deal for Battlefield 1942, which eventually led to the acquisition of DICE by EA for $24.5 million. At ISM he represented clients working on such titles as ' and ' until he retired in December 2011, relinquishing his senior partnership.
In 2012, Kosoy and Todd Tribell co-founded Digital Capital Corporation. The company raises financing for game developers by acting as a matchmaker between investors and developers. At DCC, Kosoy takes a primary role in choosing projects to receive private equity placement.

Selected games

YearGameRoleDeveloperPublisher
1990WolfpackDesignerNovaLogicBrøderbund
1991Clutch HitterProducerSega of AmericaSega of America
1992Toxic CrusadersProducerSega of AmericaSega of America
1992Ariel the Little MermaidProducerSega of AmericaSega of America
1992Captain Planet and the PlaneteersProducerSega of AmericaSega of America
1993Dinosaurs for HireProducerSega of AmericaSega of America
1993The Amazing Spider-Man vs. The KingpinProducerSega of AmericaSega of America
1994Streets of Rage 3Business DeveloperSega of AmericaSega of America
1994'ProducerSega of AmericaSega of America
1995Comanche 2DesignerNovaLogicNovaLogic
1996'VP of Product DevelopmentTribeca InteractiveGT Interactive Software
1997Duke Nukem 3DVP of Product Development3D RealmsGT Interactive Software
1999'Executive ProducerAppaloosa InteractiveSony Computer Entertainment
2000Bass Masters 2000AgentMass MediaTHQ
2000Ms. Pac-Man Maze MadnessAgentMass MediaNamco
2000'AgentMass MediaFox Interactive
2001Pac-Man CollectionAgentMass MediaNamco
2001Namco MuseumAgentMass MediaNamco
2003Will RockAgentSaber InteractiveUbisoft
2003Muppets Party CruiseAgentMass MediaTDK Mediactive
2005Full Spectrum WarriorAgentMass MediaTHQ
2006'AgentMass MediaTHQ
2007'Agentn-SpaceActivision
2008'Agentn-SpaceLucasArts
2009'Agentn-SpaceActivision
2009Agentn-SpaceActivision