COS LAZOURAS
VP- DEVELOPMENT, HALCYON GAMES

Cos Lazouras is VP- Development for Halcyon Games, working with Halcyon Games acting CEO Peter Levin to seek out and discover new properties for the company.  Lazouras brings with him an extensive background in the game industry, having spearheaded several successful licensed-based games over his career, including Wolverine: Adamantium Rage, The Simpsons: Itchy & Scratchy, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Men in Black, Mission: Impossible, and original titles including N20 and the BAFTA-winning racing game, Motorhead.

Throughout Lazouras’ career, he has held senior-level production positions and has been fully integrated in the creative process of a wide array of projects.  Lazouras began his career as a Producer and Designer for Bits Studios, a London-based game developer.  Since then, he has worked for Warner Bros. Interactive as a senior producer, as well as The Design League as VP of production, where he oversaw the creation of the Men in Black game to coincide with the film’s launch.  The game was created in 13 months and went on to sell over one million units.

Following his tenure at Bits, Lazouras oversaw development for Vin Diesel’s game production company, Tigon Studios.  Tigon Studios’ first-released game, Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay, won multiple awards, including the MTV Film Award “Best Game Based on a Movie,” the “Spike TV Game Award,” eleven Gamespot nominations, and a BAFTA nomination.  Under Lazouras’ watch, Tigon Studios expanded to include a second Riddick game, an original game with an accompanying feature film starring Diesel, an animated film, and two graphic novels.

In addition to game production, Lazouras has also produced artwork for painted comic book covers, character designs for animation, and creature designs for the Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel television series.

Lazouras is a graduate of Chelsea School of Art and Middlesex University.  Lazouras resides in Los Angeles, with his wife, 2 daughters, 2 cats and a dog.