Marcus Brown
Co-founder, DEUS Engine · Also known as Richie Branson
Marcus Brown is a game designer, entrepreneur and co-founder of DEUS Engine. He is also CEO and co-founder of FanArcade, a studio that builds browser-based games for artists and brands.
He was previously a designer at Epic Games, working on Fortnite's Festival mode, and a game designer at Harmonix Music Systems. Under the name Richie Branson he is a Billboard-charting recording artist whose music has appeared on Adult Swim's Toonami, Rooster Teeth's Camp Camp and gen:LOCK, and Bleacher Report.
His browser games have reached millions of players. Not Like Us: The Game was covered by Rolling Stone and Billboard, Zoo Fighter by GameSpot, and Tax Evaders by Black Enterprise. FanArcade's titles have surpassed 6.5 million plays, and the studio has worked with artists including Chance the Rapper, GloRilla and Playboi Carti. He has appeared on Fox News Radio's FOX on Games.
At DEUS he works on lead acquisition systems — the intent data, landing pages and routing that turn attention into booked pipeline.