Jeff Keeley, the organizer of The Game Awards, has revealed that Matthew Shell, who was mainly involved in “Star Wars” game works at LucasArts and the Walt Disney Company, has passed away.
It was an essential part of many Star Wars games…
Mr. Shell is a person who belonged to LucasArts and the Walt Disney Company, the rights holders of “Star Wars”, and served as a numerous marketing and production director (note that he is not a game director).
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After working at a marketing company from 1997 to 2002, he left Sega of America and joined LucasArts in 2003. He was credited as senior marketing coordinator for the original Xbox action TPS Armed and Dangerous (2003), which was full of parodies of movies and games including Star Wars and Lord of the Rings. Ta(Moby Games).
The first “Star Wars” work that was credited with a clear role was “Star Wars Republic Command”, an FPS based on a novel where you can assume the role of a clone trooper. I was involved in product marketing, and since then I have been involved in marketing in a number of positions, including the “Battlefront'' series, “Lego's Star Wars'' series, “Jedi'' series, and “Indiana Jones'' game works.
At the time of writing, his latest position is Brand Marketing Director for STAR WARS Jedi: Survivor. It is unknown whether he is involved in the upcoming releases such as “Star Wars Outlaws'' and “STAR WARS Eclipse.''
Condolences on the passing of a great man
Keeley said Schell died of a heart attack early in the fourth week of April. He has been involved in almost all of LucasArts' important works since the 2000s, and “played an important role in bringing the games to life,'' Keeley explained. He expressed his condolences on the passing of a great man, saying he was a kind, loyal, hard-working, always funny and big-hearted man who always brought a smile to his face at meetings.
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Industry figures including Ray Almeda, Global PR Leader at Electronic Arts, also paid tribute to Schell. Mr. Almeda was said to have been a close friend in his private life, so he posted a photo and commented, “May the Force be with you.''