Flight Simulator Developer Dies in Car Accident

Developer spotlightBy Gamersbook on Jul 269621

Google and Microsoft developer, Steve Lacey, died instantly after Hyundai SUV driver met the path of Lacey's vehicle.

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Steve Lacey, an extremely popular and experienced software engineer at Google and Microsoft, died this weekend in car accident. According to the officials, Lacey died instantly from the impact after Hyundai SUV driver met the path of Lacey's vehicle.

Mr. Lacey was working at Google as a software engineer. Until 2006, he spent eleven years as a developer at Microsoft working on various technologies and video games.

He is credited for working on franchises such as Flight Simulator 2000, Combat Flight Simulator 2, Munch’s Oddysee, NFL Fever and Crimson Skies together with the DirectX technology and RenderMorphics.

1 comment so far...

  • JayTylerSKL, 3 months ago

    RIP! it is sad to lose such an experience developer for game community

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