Michael Evans

Michael Evans, Co-founder and CTO at Theorycraft Games

Michael Evans is the Co-founder and CTO of Theorycraft Games, a game development studio he co-founded in November 2020.1

Prior to co-founding Theorycraft Games, Michael held several notable positions in the gaming industry:

• Distinguished Engineer at Riot Games from April 2020 to November 2020, where he was responsible for long-term technical strategy, goals and roadmap for the company.1
• Software Architect at Riot Games from January 2015 to April 2020, where he was the technical lead for VALORANT and built the engineering team.1
• Senior Software Engineer at Riot Games from January 2013 to January 2015, where he was a founding team member of VALORANT.1
• Lead Gameplay Engineer at Blizzard Entertainment from February 2009 to October 2012, where he led the gameplay engineering team for Overwatch.1

Michael has over 20 years of experience in the gaming industry, having held roles at companies like Bungie Studios, Apple, and Rare Ltd earlier in his career.1

He graduated from Dartmouth College with a BS in Computer Science.1