Ed Boon

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game designer human video game director video game programmer

Ed Boon is an American video game programmer and director best known as the co-creator and long-time creative lead of the Mortal Kombat fighting game franchise.

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Label	Occurrences
Ed Boon canonical	4

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	game designer ⓘ human ⓘ video game director ⓘ video game programmer ⓘ
almaMater	University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign NERFINISHED ⓘ
basedOnPseudonym	Noob Saibot (Mortal Kombat character) NERFINISHED ⓘ
coCreatorOf	Mortal Kombat NERFINISHED ⓘ
coCreatorWith	John Tobias NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
employer	Midway Games NERFINISHED ⓘ NetherRealm Studios NERFINISHED ⓘ Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment NERFINISHED ⓘ
familyName	Boon NERFINISHED ⓘ
fieldOfWork	video game industry ⓘ
genre	fighting games ⓘ
givenName	Edward ⓘ
inspiredCharacter	Noob Saibot NERFINISHED ⓘ
name	Ed Boon NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableAchievement	helped popularize digitized-sprite fighting games in the 1990s ⓘ key figure in establishing the Mortal Kombat franchise as a major media property ⓘ
notableRole	creative director of Injustice series ⓘ creative director of Mortal Kombat series ⓘ
notableWork	Injustice 2 NERFINISHED ⓘ Injustice: Gods Among Us NERFINISHED ⓘ Mortal Kombat NERFINISHED ⓘ Mortal Kombat (2011 video game) NERFINISHED ⓘ Mortal Kombat 11 NERFINISHED ⓘ Mortal Kombat 3 NERFINISHED ⓘ Mortal Kombat 4 NERFINISHED ⓘ Mortal Kombat II NERFINISHED ⓘ Mortal Kombat X NERFINISHED ⓘ Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe NERFINISHED ⓘ Mortal Kombat: Armageddon NERFINISHED ⓘ Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance NERFINISHED ⓘ Mortal Kombat: Deception NERFINISHED ⓘ Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 NERFINISHED ⓘ
occupation	game designer ⓘ video game director ⓘ video game producer ⓘ video game programmer ⓘ
sexOrGender	male ⓘ
twitterUsername	noobde NERFINISHED ⓘ
voiceActorFor	Jax (early Mortal Kombat games) NERFINISHED ⓘ Scorpion (Mortal Kombat character) NERFINISHED ⓘ
workLocation	Chicago NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Mortal Kombat → creator → Ed Boon ⓘ

Jax Briggs → creator → Ed Boon ⓘ

AIAS Hall of Fame Award → notableRecipient → Ed Boon ⓘ

Scorpion / Hanzo Hasashi in Mortal Kombat (2021 film) → createdBy → Ed Boon ⓘ

subject surface form: Scorpion (Mortal Kombat, 2021 film)