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{{Person Infobox
| name = Chris Ruiz
| aliases = Christopher Ruiz
| image = ChrisRuiz.png
| occupation = Game Developer, Designer, Director & Producer
| affiliations = Xelzeta, Media-Index, DevCon, GDAP, [[IGDA]]
}}

'''Christopher A. Ruiz''' (born April 13, 1986) is an American video game developer, designer, and producer who is creating the upcoming XrossBeat game. He was former Creative director behind hit MMORPG Ragnarok Online{{cite|site=|url=http://onlinekuki.blogspot.com/2010/10/special-coverage.html|title=Cookie Online: SPECIAL COVERAGE: SNEAK PEEK ON RAGNAROK ONLINE'S FUTURE!!|aurl=}} and other games.{{cite|site=|url=http://primer.com.ph/blog/2016/11/07/devfutureforward-devcon-summit-2016/|title=#DevFutureForward: DevCon Summit 2016|aurl=}} As a result of his success, he has dedicated his free time to help push the Philippine game industry by working closely with government organizations,{{cite|site=|url=https://www.explorenegros.com/2016/02/what-the-first-game-development-workshop-for-dumaguete-negros-oriental/|title=The first Game Development Workshop for Dumaguete & Negros Oriental - ExploreNegros.com|website=www.explorenegros.com|aurl=}} non-profit organizations,{{cite|site=|url=http://bnefit.org/?q=node/132|title=Congratulations to all participating schools in the Talisay City ICT Conference. Christopher Ruiz for Game Development|last=|first=|date=|website=bnefit.org|aurl=}}{{cite|site=|url=http://bnefit.org/sites/default/files/VICTOR%20CreaCon%20program%20v3.pdf|title=Chris Ruiz at CreaCon 2015|aurl=}}{{cite|site=|url=http://www.up.co/communities/philippines/iloilo-philippines/startup-weekend/7041|title=Startup Weekend Iloilo|website=www.up.co|aurl=}} & schools.{{cite|site=|url=http://devcon.ph/events/campus-devcon-roxas-city|title=Campus DevCon at Roxas City {{!}} Developers Connect Philippines|website=devcon.ph|access-date=2016-12-08}}{{cite|site=|url=http://devcon.ph/events/campus-devcon-at-university-of-the-philippines-visayas-miagao-campus|title=Campus DevCon at University of the Philippines Visayas (Miagao Campus) {{!}} Developers Connect Philippines|website=devcon.ph|access-date=2016-12-08}}{{cite|site=|url=http://devcon.ph/events/campus-devcon-at-university-of-antique|title=Campus DevCon at the University of Antique {{!}} Developers Connect Philippines|website=devcon.ph|access-date=2016-12-08}}

== Career ==
Chris's career with Ragnarok Online officially began in 2004{{cite|site=|url=https://www.linkedin.com/in/chris-ruiz-561b1589|title=Chris Ruiz's Linkedin profile|aurl=}} where he was responsible for creating a lot of new content. In 2007, he started to connect with active communities{{cite|site=|url=http://forums.irowiki.org/index.php?topic=57290.990|title=Ragnarok Online 2 back for a serious reboot! And it is awesome.|website=forums.irowiki.org|access-date=2016-12-08}} and publishers, using his own blog ''Project Revolution''.{{cite|site=|url=http://ro-projectrevolution.blogspot.com/|title=Project Revolution - Ragnarok Online|website=ro-projectrevolution.blogspot.com|access-date=2016-12-08}} With the feedback he was getting publicly he was able to create new content that eventually became some of the games' top selling item mall content.{{cite|site=|url=https://joeyalarilla.wordpress.com/2009/04/14/whats-new-with-rf-online/|title=Chris Ruiz, the artist behind some of your favorite Ragnarok virtual items|aurl=}}

It was in 2009, Chris established his own Studio Xelzeta. By 2012 he was working with Korean game company Ndoors Global on some games like Luminary{{cite|site=|url=https://www2.eventsxd.com/event/2116/devconsummit2016devfutureforward/speakers|title=Tesda (TEP), & Creator of upcoming "XrossBeat". Other works include: Blade & Soul, Luminary/Goonzu Online, Trickster, GunBound Online, Rock-Man Online & Many More.|aurl=}} / Goonzu Online & Atlantica Online. In 2013 the company was then acquired by Valofe Inc.,{{cite|site=|url=https://arcanicvoid.org/2016/08/26/transfer-of-atlantica-online-from-nexon-to-valofe-global-ltd/|title=The transfer of Atlantica Online from Nexon to VALOFE Global Ltd.|date=2016-08-26|aurl=}} where Chris became their product developer, designer, and technical adviser throughout the next year.

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