Howard Phillips

industry leader

Class of 2017 Inductee

Howard Phillips is a video game consultant and producer who was an early employee of and spokesman for Nintendo of America in the 1980s.

Phillips was recruited to leave Nintendo and joined LucasArts in 1991.

There, he served as either producer, executive producer, designer, or creative director for each of approximately 167 educational games, some of which were published by JVC.

He then worked for THQ, Absolute Entertainment, and Splash Studios.

In 1997, he was hired by Microsoft to be the playtest manager for the entertainment division.

In 2009, he joined Chair Entertainment as a studio director.

Phillips was hired as the head of game design and user experience for GameDuell in June 2015