Ivan Balabanov
Ivan Balabanov is the Managing Director at Ubisoft Sofia in Bulgaria. Before attaining said position, he worked on a few projects as 3D Artist.
Biography[edit | edit source]
While doing a double major in Political Science, International Relations and History, Balabanov supported himself financially by freelancing as a 3D Artist. In 2003, he elected to drop his PhD in Foreign Affairs at the University of Manchester, instead starting a career in the video game industry.[1] Balabanov joined Ubisoft in 2005 as a 3D Artist, one year prior to the opening of the company's branch in Sofia.[2]
During this time, he worked on the PS2 version of CSI: 3 Dimensions of Murder, originally developed by Telltale Games, as well as Chessmaster Live, released on the XBox Live Arcade.[3] Balabanov assumed the role of Production Manager in 2007, subsequently becoming the studio's Managing Director two years later; he also contributed to several of the studio's projects as Producer. Under his supervision, Ubisoft Sofia expanded notably, shipping 15 titles on a wide range of platforms as of 2014.[2] On 31 August 2014, Ivan answered fans' questions on the Assassin's Creed twitter account under the hashtag #AskACIvan.[4]
Games credited[edit | edit source]
- CSI: 3 Dimensions of Murder (2007) - Ubisoft
- Chessmaster Live (2008) - Ubisoft
- Assassin's Creed III: Liberation (2012) - Ubisoft
- Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag (2013) - Ubisoft
- Assassin's Creed: Rogue (2014) - Ubisoft
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑
Ubisoft Sofia - Developing a AAA game on the AUBGTalks YouTube channel
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Speakers | GDS Bulgaria 2012
- ↑ Ivan Balabanov Video Game Credits - MobyGames
- ↑
Assassin's Creed (@AssassinsCreed) on Twitter "#ACRogue Producer Ivan Balabanov is here to answer your questions! Use #AskACIvan to ask!" (screenshot)
External links[edit | edit source]
- Ivan Balabanov's LinkedIn profile
- Ivan Balabanov's Facebook page