Darren Sugg

Darren Sugg is an American game developer who is famous

for being one of the creators of the popular game Fortnite.
He was born on 1st August 1977 in Raleigh, USA. He was
interested in creative designing of video games from a
young age and converted his interest into a successful
career after getting a degree in communication and
multimedia from Marist University.

Sugg started his games design career at system developer for the company Turbine, where he
was part of the design team for PC MMO¹ game Lord of the Rings Online (2007) and its
expansion Mines of Moria (2008).

Sugg later worked on another online game, the browser-based Marvel Super Hero Squad, before
joining the company Epic Games in 2012.

At Epic Games he started out helping with the development of Gears of War Judgement and
Shadow Complex: Remastered.

Fortnite is a role-playing shooter game that hosts 40 million players online. It is estimated that
the game attracted 250 million players so far.

¹MMO – Massively multiplayer online

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1) What is Darren Sugg famous for?

2) When was he born?
3) Where is he from?
4) What was he interested in when he was a child?
5) What did he study?
6) Where did he study?
7) What was he at the beginning of his career?
8) Where did he start his career?
9) What is MMO shorten of?
10) Which game did he work on in 2007?
11) What did he do in 2012?
12) What is Fortnite?
13) How many players did Fortnite attract so far?
14) Have you ever played Fortnite? Did you like it?