James Southall

James Southall is an accomplished game designer with extensive experience in the gaming industry, currently serving as a Senior Game Designer at Ruckus Games since 2024. Prior to this role, James held the position of Lead Game Designer at Santa Barbara Games for a brief period in 2024 and has contributed as a Senior Game Designer at Elodie Games from 2020 to 2024. Earlier in the career, James worked at Nexon OC as a Senior Combat Designer (2018-2020) and at Super Evil Megacorp as a Senior Game Designer (2017-2018). James gained foundational experience at Blizzard Entertainment from 2006 to 2016, where roles included Technical Designer, Systems Designer, QA Test Lead, QA Trainer, and QA Analyst. James holds a degree from UC Irvine.