Founder, Vykarian Studios (Shanghai)

Xin founded Shanghai-based Vykarian in 2003 servicing a nascent game outsourcing market. Four years later, Vykarian now services most major US game publishers including Electronic Arts, Activision, Vivendi and THQ. Prior to founding Vykarian, Xin established an industry first MPEG-4 rapid prototyping studio at iVAST Digital Media and gained his first outsourcing experience developing iTV projects in India and China. Xin’s background includes 10 years of game development experience at Microsoft, Sony, Squaresoft and THQ, in addition to visual effects production in Hollywood for theme parks and music videos. Xin began his China adventure in 2001, and currently lives in Shanghai.