Over the holidays, the gaming community lost one an influential member in Martin Sikes, one of the founding members of Black Box Games. Black Box was probably best known for creating titles like NHL 2K and Sega Soccer Slam before being acquired by Electronic Arts in 2002 and helming the Need For Speed franchise. Sikes and other former Black Box staffers later went on to co-found United Front Games, a start-up studio that formed in the summer of 2007. Sikes, who died suddenly on Christmas Eve, is survived by his daughter, parents Rita and John, and sister Belinda.
Details on memorial services are available at the Vancouver Sun.
Martin Sikes co-founded Black Box Games [Vancouver Sun - thanks, Victor]
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That so sad............. i feel so sorry for his family
Terrible loss.
on Christmas especially that is so sad R.I.P :(
so sad :(. Does anyone know how he died?
RIP and I remember Sega Soccer Slam, good game.