Kevin Saunders (video game developer)

Kevin D. Saunders is an American video game designer and producer, best known for his roles in developing ' (Producer and Lead Designer), ' (Producer), and ' (Project Director).

Saunders' graduate work opened the door to his career at Nexon, as director and lead designer on ', one of the earliest MMOGs when it launched in 1998. He went on to design and produce Shattered Galaxy, the first MMO real‑time strategy game, which won multiple awards at the 2001 Independent Games Festival and won of Best Multiplayer Strategy Game of 2001 from GameSpot. Saunders as the producer of Shattered Galaxy was also a guiding voice behind its design philosophy—emphasizing teamwork, tactical coordination, and player cooperation over traditional RTS resource‑gathering. He went on to work as a designer at Westwood Studios as part of Electronic Arts (on ' and ), before becoming a senior designer and producer at Obsidian Entertainment (on , Mask of the Betrayer, ', Aliens: Crucible, and Dungeon Siege III). He next joined inXile Entertainment, where he served in a production role on Wasteland 2 before helping ' become, at the time, the most successful Kickstarter ever. He served as project director on Torment, having taken over full development once initial pre‑production was complete, as the project lead for Tides of Numenera, overseeing its successful Kickstarter and managing the entire development team and project until his 2015 departure from inXile. He then returned to Nexon, where he served as Head of Studio on the company's Nebula project. His last game work was for Arcanity, providing story, design, and production assistance on Tanzia.