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* ''[[VideoGame/MechWarrior MechWarrior Living Legends]]'', a total conversion GameMod for ''VideoGame/{{Crysis}} Warhead'', hired the creators of popular maps (such as ''Dustbowl'' or ''Altay'') and subsequently [[AscendedFanon incorporated them into the base game]]. The lead developers were hired by Crytek for their expertise on ''their own'' ''UsefulNotes/GameEngine''.

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* ''[[VideoGame/MechWarrior MechWarrior Living Legends]]'', a total conversion GameMod for ''VideoGame/{{Crysis}} Warhead'', hired the creators of popular maps (such as ''Dustbowl'' or ''Altay'') and subsequently [[AscendedFanon incorporated them into the base game]]. The lead developers were hired by Crytek for their expertise on ''their own'' ''UsefulNotes/GameEngine''.their own MediaNotes/GameEngine.

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* In late April 2023, Creator/{{Sega}} and Ryu ga Gotoku Studio announced the winners of a contest to determine who would appear in the upcoming ''VideoGame/LikeADragonGaidenTheManWhoErasedHisName'' as cabaret club hostesses. Among the winners was [[WebVideo/KsonOnAir Kson]], an American-born streamer and {{Vtuber}} partnered with WebVideo/{{Vshojo}}, as well as a big fan of the ''VideoGame/LikeADragon'' series who idolizes Kazuma Kiryu and leapt at the chance to be included in the game. The same game also features another famous fan, Music/{{BiS}} alumnus First Summer Uika, who wanted to try out for the hostess contest, but instead landed the role of Akame.

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In late April 2023, Creator/{{Sega}} and Ryu ga Gotoku Studio announced the winners of a contest to determine who would appear in the upcoming ''VideoGame/LikeADragonGaidenTheManWhoErasedHisName'' as cabaret club hostesses. Among the winners was [[WebVideo/KsonOnAir Kson]], an American-born streamer and {{Vtuber}} partnered with WebVideo/{{Vshojo}}, as well as a big fan of the ''VideoGame/LikeADragon'' series who idolizes Kazuma Kiryu and leapt at the chance to be included in the game. The same game also features another famous fan, Music/{{BiS}} alumnus First Summer Uika, who wanted to try out for the hostess contest, but instead landed the role of Akame.Akame.
** Kson would also be featured in ''VideoGame/LikeADragonInfiniteWealth'', with her character from ''Gaiden'', "Kei", reused as a waitress at the Revolve Bar in Hawaii who openly {{Squee}}s over Kiryu to Kasuga. In addition to providing her digital likeness, Kson would voice Kei in both English and Japanese.
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* Fantasy novellist Anna Kashina was introduced to the ''VideoGame/{{Ys}}'' series via ''VideoGame/YsVIIILacrimosaOfDana'' during the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic and quickly fell in love with the franchise. She would write the official novelization of the game after approaching the idea to ''Ys'' developer Creator/{{Falcom}}.

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* Actress Creator/LaceyChabert was a huge fan of the ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'' games when she was growing up, and because of it, she was cast as Princess Elise in ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2006''.



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** Lee Brotherton, who now goes by the stage name Bentley Jones, did video game music remixes on [=OC ReMix=] and would later sing "Dreams of an Absolution" for ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2006''.



* ''VideoGame/DragonballXenoverse'': Does [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sKWxRtn5-Yg&feature=youtu.be&t=17m45s this voice for male created characters]] sound familiar? It should, for that's Curtis Arnott, aka [=Takahata101=], aka [[EnsembleDarkHorse Nappa]] from ''WebVideo/DragonBallZAbridged''.

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* ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'':
** As stated over in the "Comic Books" section, [[Creator/IanFlynn Ian "Potto" Flynn]] was a major fan of the series, having created his own fancomic posted on the internet. Years later, he would join ''ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogArchieComics'' from issue 160 until its end and hop over to ''ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogIDW'' soon after. After many a fan pleaded that Ian work on the games, he's finally getting that chance, first penning the English scripts of ''VideoGame/SonicFrontiers'' and then ''VideoGame/SonicDreamTeam''.
** Christian "The Taxman" Whitehead, a well-known member of Sonic Retro, created a physics engine that was faithful to the Genesis games, and once even created a tech demo of ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehogCD'' on the iPhone that proved it was possible to do an iPhone port that was faithful to the original. This got noticed by Sega, who hired him to remake the game for everything except Nintendo consoles with said engine. He then went on to remake ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog1'' and ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2'' in the style of the ''Sonic CD'' remake. Then, he, alongside Sonic Team and fellow fanboys Headcannon[[labelnote:*]]Developers of ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehogMegamix''[[/labelnote]] and [=PagodaWest=] games[[labelnote:*]]which contains former members of the ''Sonic 2 HD'' project[[/labelnote]], developed ''VideoGame/SonicMania'', an entirely original game.
** Creator/TysonHesse started as a fan of ''Sonic'' as a kid, before his fan projects and parodies got the attention of Creator/{{Sega}}. He has now worked on numerous projects officially, including the fan-led ''VideoGame/SonicMania'' as well as its [[WebAnimation/SonicManiaAdventures tie-in cartoon]], [[ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogArchieComics the Archie]] and [[ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogIDW IDW]] comic book adaptations, and even was the one who redesigned the CGI model used in [[Film/SonicTheHedgehog2020 the live-action movie]].
** Stephan "Lordus" Dittrich created a homebrew Sega Genesis emulator for the Nintendo DS. However, after years of no new releases of said emulator or contact with Lordus on the Internet, the ''Sonic Classic Collection'' was announced for the DS, a port of the first 3 ''Sonic'' games to the platform. It is believed that Dittrich's emulator was used as the base of the collection, with him being credited as the lead developer.
** Actress Creator/LaceyChabert was a huge fan of the ''Sonic'' games when she was growing up, and because of it, she was cast as Princess Elise in ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2006''.
** Lee Brotherton, who now goes by the stage name Bentley Jones, did video game music remixes on [=OC ReMix=] and would later sing "Dreams of an Absolution" for ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2006''.
** Inugami Korone, a {{V|irtualCelebrity}}tuber from WebAnimation/{{Hololive}}, was appointed by Creator/{{Sega}} as a "Franchise/{{Sonic|TheHedgehog}} [[https://twitter.com/SonicOfficialJP/status/1539920597680918529 Ambassador]]". In addition, she [[https://twitter.com/SonicOfficialJP/status/1539921030596112385 provided voice work]] for the Japanese dub of ''Film/{{Sonic the Hedgehog 2|2022}}'', and has an official [[https://twitter.com/SonicOfficialJP/status/1539921667849195520 Sonic outfit]] for her streams.
** Music/GaMetal is a big fan of the franchise, having done numerous metal-rock covers for various songs throughout ''Sonic''[='=]s history. He got the chance to work with Tee Lopes for the announcement track of ''VideoGame/SonicDreamTeam'', which [[https://twitter.com/JonnyAtma/status/1719730854048473591 he stated was a huge honor]].
* ''VideoGame/DragonballXenoverse'': Does [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sKWxRtn5-Yg&feature=youtu.be&t=17m45s this voice for male created characters]] sound familiar? It should, for that's Curtis Arnott, aka [=Takahata101=], aka [[EnsembleDarkHorse Nappa]] from ''WebVideo/DragonBallZAbridged''. For [[VideoGame/DragonballXenoverse the sequel]], his castmates Nick "Creator/{{Lanipator}}" Landis and Scott "Creator/KaiserNeko" Frerichs join him as optional custom character voices as well.



* Christian "The Taxman" Whitehead, a well-known member of Sonic Retro, created a physics engine that was faithful to the Genesis games, and once even created a tech demo of ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehogCD'' on the iPhone that proved it was possible to do an iPhone port that was faithful to the original. This got noticed by Sega, who hired him to remake the game for everything except Nintendo consoles with said engine. He then went on to remake ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog1'' and ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2'' in the style of the ''Sonic CD'' remake. Then, he, alongside Sonic Team and fellow fanboys Headcannon[[labelnote:*]]Developers of ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehogMegamix''[[/labelnote]] and [=PagodaWest=] games[[labelnote:*]]which contains former members of the ''Sonic 2 HD'' project[[/labelnote]], developed ''VideoGame/SonicMania'', an entirely original game.
* Stephan "Lordus" Dittrich created a homebrew Sega Genesis emulator for the Nintendo DS. However, after years of no new releases of said emulator or contact with Lordus on the Internet, the ''Sonic Classic Collection'' was announced for the DS, a port of the first 3 ''Sonic'' games to the platform. It is believed that Dittrich's emulator was used as the base of the collection, with him being credited as the lead developer.



* Creator/TysonHesse started as a fan of ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'' as a kid, before his fan projects and parodies got the attention of Creator/{{Sega}}. He has now worked on numerous projects officially, including the fan-led ''VideoGame/SonicMania'' as well as its [[WebAnimation/SonicManiaAdventures tie-in cartoon]], ''ComicBook/SonicTheComic'', and the redesigned CGI model used in [[Film/SonicTheHedgehog2020 the live-action movie]].



* As stated over in the "Comic Books" section, [[Creator/IanFlynn Ian "Potto" Flynn]] was a major fan of ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'', having created his own fancomic posted on the internet. Years later, he would join ''ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogArchieComics'' from issue 160 until its end and hop over to ''ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogIDW'' soon after. After many a fan pleaded that Ian work on the games, he's finally getting that chance, penning the story of ''VideoGame/SonicFrontiers''.



* Inugami Korone, a {{V|irtualCelebrity}}tuber from WebAnimation/{{Hololive}}, was appointed by Creator/{{Sega}} as a "Franchise/{{Sonic|TheHedgehog}} [[https://twitter.com/SonicOfficialJP/status/1539920597680918529 Ambassador]]". In addition, she [[https://twitter.com/SonicOfficialJP/status/1539921030596112385 provided voice work]] for the Japanese dub of ''Film/{{Sonic the Hedgehog 2|2022}}'', and has an official [[https://twitter.com/SonicOfficialJP/status/1539921667849195520 Sonic outfit]] for her streams.
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* In late April 2023, Creator/{{Sega}} and Ryu ga Gotoku Studio announced the winners of a contest to determine who would appear in the upcoming ''VideoGame/LikeADragonGaidenTheManWhoErasedHisName'' as cabaret club hostesses. Among the winners was [[WebVideo/KsonOnAir Kson]], an American-born streamer and {{Vtuber}} partnered with WebVideo/{{Vshojo}}, as well as a big fan of the ''VideoGame/LikeADragon'' series who idolizes Kazuma Kiryu and leapt at the chance to be included in the game.

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* In late April 2023, Creator/{{Sega}} and Ryu ga Gotoku Studio announced the winners of a contest to determine who would appear in the upcoming ''VideoGame/LikeADragonGaidenTheManWhoErasedHisName'' as cabaret club hostesses. Among the winners was [[WebVideo/KsonOnAir Kson]], an American-born streamer and {{Vtuber}} partnered with WebVideo/{{Vshojo}}, as well as a big fan of the ''VideoGame/LikeADragon'' series who idolizes Kazuma Kiryu and leapt at the chance to be included in the game. The same game also features another famous fan, Music/{{BiS}} alumnus First Summer Uika, who wanted to try out for the hostess contest, but instead landed the role of Akame.
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* Many of the new dub voice actors for ''VideoGame/Persona3Reload'' were fans of the original. Creator/ZenoRobinson, the new voice for Junpei Iori, specifically requested a remake of ''[=P3=]'' when Atlus held a poll on what fans wanted to see, and jumped at the chance to be in the remake.
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* Christian "The Taxman" Whitehead, a well-known member of Sonic Retro, created a physics engine that was faithful to the Genesis games, and once even created a tech demo of ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehogCD'' on the iPhone that proved it was possible to do an iPhone port that was faithful to the original. This got noticed by Sega, who hired him to remake the game for everything except Nintendo consoles with said engine. He then went on to remake ''VideoGame/{{Sonic The Hedgehog|1}}'' and ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2'' in the style of the ''Sonic CD'' remake. Then, he, alongside Sonic Team and fellow fanboys Headcannon[[labelnote:*]]Developers of ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehogMegamix''[[/labelnote]] and [=PagodaWest=] games[[labelnote:*]]which contains former members of the ''Sonic 2 HD'' project[[/labelnote]], developed ''VideoGame/SonicMania'', an entirely original game.

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* Christian "The Taxman" Whitehead, a well-known member of Sonic Retro, created a physics engine that was faithful to the Genesis games, and once even created a tech demo of ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehogCD'' on the iPhone that proved it was possible to do an iPhone port that was faithful to the original. This got noticed by Sega, who hired him to remake the game for everything except Nintendo consoles with said engine. He then went on to remake ''VideoGame/{{Sonic The Hedgehog|1}}'' ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog1'' and ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2'' in the style of the ''Sonic CD'' remake. Then, he, alongside Sonic Team and fellow fanboys Headcannon[[labelnote:*]]Developers of ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehogMegamix''[[/labelnote]] and [=PagodaWest=] games[[labelnote:*]]which contains former members of the ''Sonic 2 HD'' project[[/labelnote]], developed ''VideoGame/SonicMania'', an entirely original game.



* Creator/TysonHesse started as a fan of ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog'' as a kid, before his fan projects and parodies got the attention of Creator/{{Sega}}. He has now worked on numerous projects officially, including the fan-led ''VideoGame/SonicMania'' as well as its [[WebAnimation/SonicManiaAdventures tie-in cartoon]], ''ComicBook/SonicTheComic'', and the redesigned CGI model used in [[Film/SonicTheHedgehog2020 the live-action movie]].

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* Creator/TysonHesse started as a fan of ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog'' ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'' as a kid, before his fan projects and parodies got the attention of Creator/{{Sega}}. He has now worked on numerous projects officially, including the fan-led ''VideoGame/SonicMania'' as well as its [[WebAnimation/SonicManiaAdventures tie-in cartoon]], ''ComicBook/SonicTheComic'', and the redesigned CGI model used in [[Film/SonicTheHedgehog2020 the live-action movie]].



* Inugami Korone, a {{V|irtualCelebrity}}tuber from WebAnimation/{{Hololive}}, was appointed by Creator/{{Sega}} as a "Franchise/{{Sonic|TheHedgehog}} [[https://twitter.com/SonicOfficialJP/status/1539920597680918529 Ambassador]]". In addition, she [[https://twitter.com/SonicOfficialJP/status/1539921030596112385 provided voice work]] for the Japanese dub of ''Film/SonicTheHedgehog2'', and has an official [[https://twitter.com/SonicOfficialJP/status/1539921667849195520 Sonic outfit]] for her streams.

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* Inugami Korone, a {{V|irtualCelebrity}}tuber from WebAnimation/{{Hololive}}, was appointed by Creator/{{Sega}} as a "Franchise/{{Sonic|TheHedgehog}} [[https://twitter.com/SonicOfficialJP/status/1539920597680918529 Ambassador]]". In addition, she [[https://twitter.com/SonicOfficialJP/status/1539921030596112385 provided voice work]] for the Japanese dub of ''Film/SonicTheHedgehog2'', ''Film/{{Sonic the Hedgehog 2|2022}}'', and has an official [[https://twitter.com/SonicOfficialJP/status/1539921667849195520 Sonic outfit]] for her streams.
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* The standalone expansion ''[[VideoGame/SeriousSam4 Serious Sam: Siberian Mayhem]]'' was developed by Timelock Studio, a team made up of veterans from the Russian ''Serious Sam'' modding scene. Most developers from Timelock were officially hired by Croteam shortly after release, as if their mod becoming AscendedFanon wasn't enough.

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* The standalone expansion ''[[VideoGame/SeriousSam4 Serious Sam: Siberian Mayhem]]'' was developed by Timelock Studio, a team made up of veterans from the Russian ''Serious Sam'' modding scene. Most developers from Timelock were officially hired by Croteam shortly after release, as if their mod becoming AscendedFanon wasn't enough.release.
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* The standalone expansion ''[[VideoGame/SeriousSam4 Serious Sam: Siberian Mayhem]]'' was developed by Timelock Studio, a team made up of veterans from the Russian ''Serious Sam'' modding scene.

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* The standalone expansion ''[[VideoGame/SeriousSam4 Serious Sam: Siberian Mayhem]]'' was developed by Timelock Studio, a team made up of veterans from the Russian ''Serious Sam'' modding scene. Most developers from Timelock were officially hired by Croteam shortly after release, as if their mod becoming AscendedFanon wasn't enough.
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* Creator/SarahWilliams is a huge fan of ''Franchise/ShinMegamiTensei''. She eventually landed the role of Jack Frost (her favorite demon) for ''[[VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiIVApocalypse SMT Apocalypse]]'' and ''VideoGame/Persona5''.

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* Creator/SarahWilliams Creator/SarahAnneWilliams is a huge fan of ''Franchise/ShinMegamiTensei''. She eventually landed the role of Jack Frost (her favorite demon) for ''[[VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiIVApocalypse SMT Apocalypse]]'' and ''VideoGame/Persona5''.
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** Mercer also got a triple-whammy of fanboy promotion in ''VideoGame/BaldursGateIII'', being a fan of the previous games, ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' in general, and fellow VA Creator/JimCummings. In ''III'', he is TheOtherDarrin to Minsc, a role previously held by Cummings, with Mercer considering it an immense honor to voice the fan-favorite Ranger.

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** Mercer also got a triple-whammy of fanboy promotion in ''VideoGame/BaldursGateIII'', being a fan of the previous games, ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' in general, and fellow VA Creator/JimCummings.[[Creator/JimCummings1952 Jim Cummings]]. In ''III'', he is TheOtherDarrin to Minsc, a role previously held by Cummings, with Mercer considering it an immense honor to voice the fan-favorite Ranger.
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** Mercer also got a triple-whammy of fanboy promotion in ''VideoGame/BaldursGateIII'', being a fan of the previous games, ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' in general, and fellow VA Creator/JimCummings. In ''III'', he is TheOtherDarrin to Minsc, a role previously held by Cummings, with Mercer considering it an immense honor to voice the fan-favorite Ranger.

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* Creator/WizardsOfTheCoast held a contest in 2006 where the winner got a job designing for ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering''. More notably, the three finalists (Ken Nagle, Graeme Hopkins, and Alexis Janson) impressed Mark Rosewater so much that all three are now working at [=WotC=]. So are at least three more participants.[[note]]Though Janson "officially" won, [[TheRunnerUpTakesItAll Nagle is the most prominent name of all the contestants.]][[/note]]
** Earlier, and even more remarkable: A Magic player named Gregory Marques showed up at the sidelines of a major tournament in 2003 with his own custom-designed expansion set of Magic cards, cheerfully inviting fellow players to try his cards out and give him feedback. Rosewater was impressed with Marques' design ambitions, and he had Wizards of the Coast hire him to join the design team of an actual set (which ended up becoming ''Fifth Dawn'').
** Heck, Mark Rosewater himself was once a mere fanboy. Also, many other members of Wizards R&D are former [[TournamentPlay Pro Tour players]].
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* In ''VideoGame/WarioWare Gold'', dialing the code "BAAI" in one of the phones in the Toy room will lead to a message where an unspecified developer talks about how he used to play the original ''[=WarioWare=]'' as a child and is very happy to have worked on the game.

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* In ''VideoGame/WarioWare Gold'', dialing ''VideoGame/WarioWareGold'': Dialing the code "BAAI" in one of the phones in the Toy room will lead to a message where an unspecified developer talks about how he used to play the original ''[=WarioWare=]'' as a child and is very happy to have worked on the game. game.
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* In late April 2023, Creator/{{Sega}} and Ryu ga Gotoku Studio announced the winners of a contest to determine who would appear in the upcoming ''VideoGame/LikeADragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name'' as cabaret club hostesses. Among the winners was [[WebVideo/KsonOnAir Kson]], an American-born streamer and {{Vtuber}} partnered with WebVideo/{{Vshojo}}, as well as a big fan of the ''Like a Dragon'' series who idolizes Kazuma Kiryu and leapt at the chance to be included in the game.

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* In late April 2023, Creator/{{Sega}} and Ryu ga Gotoku Studio announced the winners of a contest to determine who would appear in the upcoming ''VideoGame/LikeADragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name'' ''VideoGame/LikeADragonGaidenTheManWhoErasedHisName'' as cabaret club hostesses. Among the winners was [[WebVideo/KsonOnAir Kson]], an American-born streamer and {{Vtuber}} partnered with WebVideo/{{Vshojo}}, as well as a big fan of the ''Like a Dragon'' ''VideoGame/LikeADragon'' series who idolizes Kazuma Kiryu and leapt at the chance to be included in the game.
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* During the development of ''VideoGame/{{Starsiege}},'' Creator/{{Dynamix}} held several Alpha Tech Releases--essentially free and public multiplayer-only beta versions of the game. As the fourth title in the ''Metaltech''/''[=EarthSiege=]'' series and one of the highest-profile competitors to ''VideoGame/{{Mechwarrior}}'' in those days, the [=ATRs=] had a considerable playerbase. The SharedUniverse introduced with this game (and the DistantSequel companion game ''VideoGame/StarsiegeTribes]], which actually hit shelves before ''Starsiege'' did) also inspired a thriving fan fiction community. As a result, there were a number of [[GamingClan player-run "squads"]] that became so influential that Dynamix actually wrote them into the setting! Some examples:

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* During the development of ''VideoGame/{{Starsiege}},'' Creator/{{Dynamix}} held several Alpha Tech Releases--essentially free and public multiplayer-only beta versions of the game. As the fourth title in the ''Metaltech''/''[=EarthSiege=]'' series and one of the highest-profile competitors to ''VideoGame/{{Mechwarrior}}'' in those days, the [=ATRs=] had a considerable playerbase. The SharedUniverse introduced with this game (and the DistantSequel companion game ''VideoGame/StarsiegeTribes]], ''VideoGame/StarsiegeTribes'', which actually hit shelves before ''Starsiege'' did) also inspired a thriving fan fiction community. As a result, there were a number of [[GamingClan player-run "squads"]] that became so influential that Dynamix actually wrote them into the setting! Some examples:

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