Brooks Guthrie | Game Production & Studio Leadership

Hey, I'm Brooks.

I am a production leader with over a decade of experience supporting live service games and helping folks deliver player focused content.

I currently direct development for Star Wars™: The Old Republic™, a massive live service with a rich narrative and diverse multiplayer gameplay. My role is to provide the operational backbone that turns creative vision into shipped reality: my expertise lies in the how, when, and who. I navigate fluidly across all development domains from engineering and design to QA and marketing to keep folks aligned, healthy, and delivering.

If y'all are looking for a leader to help bridge the gap between creative ambition and the constraints of the modern video game business, let's connect.

Selected Experience

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Production Director

Broadsword Online Games | June 2023 to Present

Led the seamless transition of a large scale, globally distributed development organization from EA and BioWare to Broadsword. Fostered transparency that resulted in rapid offer acceptance and zero disruption to live operations.
Reshaped long term roadmaps to navigate the complex realities of a mature product lifecycle, bridging development and marketing efforts to maintain a highly profitable, healthy business for a legacy live service.
Renegotiated vendor agreements to optimize development costs while maintaining high quality and delivery speeds.

Senior Development Director

BioWare Austin | Jan 2017 to June 2023

Directed full scale, cross functional teams in support of 30+ major game updates, driving sustained player engagement and continuous revenue generation over a 6 year period.
Managed multimillion dollar annual project budgets, agile development processes, and long term risk assessment frameworks.
Partnered with QA to evolve launch status reporting, introducing a confidence based evaluation model that better mitigated live environment risks.

Associate Producer & Development Director

BioWare Austin | Apr 2011 to Jan 2017

Expanded operational ownership from audio and voiceover production involving 20,000+ voiceover lines to directing development of the entire narrative gameplay pillar during a period when story was the primary development focus.
Collaborated with Design leadership to introduce a Peer Review process across disciplines, significantly elevating the quality of narrative and cinematic content.