Jeff Peters

Jeff Peters has been creating innovations and fantastical worlds within the video game development business for over 30+ years, generating billions in revenue through world-wide franchise development, top-rated game creation and solid business acumen, including executive leadership roles at Electronic Arts and SNK.  He has also worked on such notable properties and franchises such as “Mortal Kombat”, “NBA Jam”, Madden”, “Tetris”, “Monopoly”, “Metro 2033” and “Tiger Woods” and developed top selling products with Viacom, Disney, The Void, Amblin, Warner Bros., DC and Hasbro.

In the Golden Age of gaming, he was also founder of the modern era US National Video Game Team and the top-rated EGM (Electronic Gaming Monthly) magazine in the 1980’s while also being pioneer in competitive gaming as well as one of the top competitive players in the world-wide scene with multiple world records to his credit including multiple classic tournaments wins and top placements.

As well as being a current Director of the IVGHOF, Jeff is also an active Board Member at SNK, Inc., developing innovations in VR/XR with Spark XR, Inc., consulting with entertainment related clients at The Bluff Street, LLC as well as teaching graduate students at the University of Utah as part of their top-rated video game program.

Jeff has been featured by SyFy Games, as part of their industry “ICON” series, achieved numerous world records during the Golden Age, possessed multiple Guinness World Records for video game related achievements, awarded the IDGA (Utah) Lifetime Achievement award as well as inducted into the International Video Game Hall of Fame (Class of 2019) for overall career impact and ongoing contributions to the industry as a whole.

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Acceptance Speech (YT link)

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