Mat Dickie

Mat Dickie
Dickie in 2018
Born1980 or 1981 (age 43–44)
Brigg, North Lincolnshire, England
Other namesMDickie
Alma materUniversity of Salford (BSc)
OccupationVideo game developer
Years active
  • 2000–2009
  • 2012–2018
  • 2019–present
Notable workWrestling Revolution 3D, Wrestling Empire
Websitewww.mdickie.com

Mat Dickie (born 1980/1981),[1] professionally known as MDickie, is an English independent video game developer and author. He is best known for his indie professional wrestling games,[2] such as Wrestling Revolution for iOS and Android devices, which received over 100,000 downloads two months after its launch in 2012.[3] The game later went on to surpass 10 million downloads[4] and its sequel, Wrestling Revolution 3D, went on to compete with WWE 2K games on the mobile and PC market.[5]

Dickie began his game development career in 2000 with his first PC game, going on to retire in 2009 to become an educator. He came out of retirement in late 2011 and transitioned to mobile game development, which led to the release of Wrestling Revolution in 2012. However, he once again retired from full-time game development in 2018. In 2019, Dickie confirmed that a new wrestling project was in development for the Nintendo Switch and mobile devices. This project later emerged as Wrestling Empire, which was released in early 2021.

Many of Dickie's games are infamous for their awkward controls and poor graphics.[6][7] He has mentioned that the low resolution and low poly graphics in his games have allowed for better performance, in turn enabling him "to push a lot of boundaries".[8] The indie and low budget nature of Dickie's games have often contributed to their popularity, leading to Dickie describing himself as being "single-handedly responsible for the worst games to ever be enjoyed by millions of people."[9]

  1. ^ "Virtual Enterprises". Archived from the original on 2001-10-21. Retrieved 2017-01-13.
  2. ^ Miller, Patrick (September 2012). "IT'S REAL TO ME | INDIE WRESTLING GAME DEVS ADD NEW LIFE TO THE GENRE" (PDF). Game Developer Magazine. p. 4. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2016-03-09. Retrieved 2017-01-12.
  3. ^ "Adobe® Gaming & Mat Dickie: Wrestling Revolution" (PDF). Adobe. September 20, 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 12, 2016. Retrieved November 2, 2016.
  4. ^ "Wrestling Revolution - Android Apps on Google Play". play.google.com. Archived from the original on 2016-11-19. Retrieved 2017-01-20.
  5. ^ Goodwillie, Jack (2015-04-20). "WWE: Can WWE 2K Compete With Wrestling Revolution 3D? | Wrestledelphia". Wrestledelphia. Archived from the original on 2015-04-26. Retrieved 2017-01-20.
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  7. ^ Scullion, Chris (2021-01-15). "Review: Wrestling Empire - A Love Letter To Pro Wrestling That Falls Foul Of Hilarious Bugs". Nintendo Life. Archived from the original on 2021-02-27. Retrieved 2021-04-08.
  8. ^ Bogan, Daniel (15 May 2018). "Uses This / Mat Dickie". usesthis.com. Archived from the original on 2018-05-25. Retrieved 2018-05-25.
  9. ^ Colburn, Randall. "Meet the man behind the some of the worst, most inexplicably successful video games ever made". The A.V. Club. Archived from the original on 2018-02-10. Retrieved 2018-02-08.