ARTISAN STUDIOS - Key Persons


Julien Bourgeois

Job Titles:
  • Co - Founder and Game Director
A native of Paris, France, Julien has been passionate about Japan and RPGs his entire life. Julien holds an MBA and a Master's in Video Game Management from famed video game university IIM Leonard De Vinci in Paris. Julien lived in Japan for a year. He has been in the video game industry for over 10 years and has released 17 titles. Julien is currently overseeing the development of all games as Game Director at Artisan Studios.

Mario Rizzo - Chairman, Founder

Job Titles:
  • Chairman
  • Co - Founder
A native of San Diego, California, Mario has been developing RPG titles for the past 16 years. Mario began his career working at Sony as a quest designer on the EverQuest series. Mario has lived in Europe for over 15 years (before relocating to Quebec in 2016) and has held senior management positions at Ubisoft, Electronic Arts, and Sony. Mario is the Chairman of Artisan Studios.