He is most noted for his contributions to the Ghost Recon franchise and Halo: Reach.
Allen started his career as a modder in the late 90’s. He started making mods for Rainbow Six for fun and for his friends he decided to make a career change and get into the gaming industry.
Allen grew up in Eagle River, Alaska. After high school, he joined the
US Marines, where he served four years in the Military Police, mainly at
MCAS El Toro. After finishing his tour in the Corps in 1999, Allen
returned to Alaska, serving in the Air National Guard with the 176th
Security Police, and working for the State of Alaska as a Child Support
Enforcement Officer. Later, he went to work IT & Communications for
the Department of Emergency Services. Allen moved from Alaska to Arizona, and attended the Art Institute of
Phoenix. During this time he also joined the Army National Guard,
serving with the 855th Military Police Company.
In 2002, Allen was hired by Red Storm Entertainment/Ubisoft
Entertainment as an Assistant Game Designer. Since then Allen has worked
on a variety of military-themed first person shooters, in a variety of
rolls, from Scripting to Weapon Design to Lead Designer to Creative
Director.
In 2006, Allen completed his B.S. in Game Art and Design through the online program of the Art Institute of Pittsburgh.
In 2007 he accepted a Design Lead position at Bungie Studios and moved to
Kirkland, WA. In 2009 he began work as Lead Game Designer on an
unannounced project at WB Games.
Allen announced in March 2012 that he had started a company called Serellan LLC in order to produce a hardcore tactical shooter, successfully raising over $220,000 on Kickstarter.
Learn more about Christian Allen at his blog
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