Wales Interactive co-founder David Banner set to receive MBE
By Alex Calvin, PCGamesInsider Contributing Editor
Wales Interactive co-founder David Banner has been listed in the Queen’s birthday honours and appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE).
Banner’s 23 year career began at Eidos in 1995 and he has spent his time promoting and establishing a games development community in Wales.
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In 2012 he co-founded Wales Interactive, creating dozens of titles across PC, console and mobile platforms.
The studio is best known for FMV thrillers like Late Shift and PSVR titles Time Carnage and Don't Knock Twice.
Alex Calvin is a freelance journalist who writes about the business of games. He started out at UK trade paper MCV in 2013 and left as deputy editor over three years later. In June 2017, he joined Steel Media as the editor for new site PCGamesInsider.biz. In October 2019 he left this full-time position at the company but still contributes to the site on a daily basis. He has also written for GamesIndustry.biz, VGC, Games London, The Observer/Guardian and Esquire UK.
