Steven-Elliot Altman is an American author, graphic novelist, video game writer-director, producer, screenwriter and the current chief executive officer of a software company called Social Impulse that services the videogame industry.

Career

Altman was hired to join Acclaim Games in 2005 by former Activision co-Founder and Chairman Howard Marks, and mentored in social game metrics by David Perry initially as the writer for the game 9Dragons and later as Game Director/Director of Marketing. Marks eventually gave Altman full directorial control of Acclaim’s download division. In May 2010, Acclaim was purchased by Playdom, which in turn was acquired by Disney. Altman was offered the opportunity to come on board with Playdom, but declined in lieu of the offer to become an advisory board member of a software company called Manumatix and eventually found Socialtype LLC. Altman served as the Vice-Chairman elect of the steering committee of the Videogame Division of the Writers Guild of America since 2008 and served as a Finalist Judge for their Video Game Awards from 2009 to 2019. In 2013, Altman wrote and narrative designed the popular Facebook/IOS story-driven Hidden Object game Pearl's Peril for Berlin-based Wooga, currently the fifth biggest video game producer. Altman served as a producer for A&E Networks and the History Channel to oversee the videogame versions of two of their hit television series: Ancient Aliens and Project Blue Book: Hidden Mysteries. He also penned the game Terminator: Dark Fate based on the latest feature film in the Terminator franchise. Altman's novels include Captain America is Dead, Zen in the Art of Slaying Vampires, Batman: Fear Itself, The Killswitch Review, The Irregulars and Deprivers. His writing has inspired illustrations and cover art from artists such as Edward Gorey, John Jude Palencar and Ben Templesmith.

Honors and awards

Novels

Video games

Graphic novels

Short stories

Screenplays