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Swen Vincke

Belgian video game designer, programmer and director
Person Human Q17125907

Facts

19 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[14]
Date of birth
May 30, 1972
Place of birth
Bruges
Country of citizenship
Belgium[7]
Occupation
video game producer, game designer, creative director, game programmer
Educated at
Ghent University[9]
Award received
D.I.C.E. Award for Game of the Year (2024), D.I.C.E. Award - Role-Playing Game of the Year (2024), D.I.C.E. Award for Outstanding Achievement in Game Direction (2024), Nebula Award for Best Game Writing (2024)[10][11][12][13]
Languages spoken, written or signed
Dutch, French, English[19][20][21]
Birth name
Swen Johan Vincke[22]
Family name
Vincke[16]
Given name
Swen, Johan[17][18]
Height
1.98 m[26]
Name in native language
Swen Vincke[23]
Native language
Flemish Dutch[8]
Number of children
4[24]
Residence
Ghent[15]
Social media followers
111k (25k–111k, n=4)[27][28][29][30]
Start of work period
1996[25]
🏷️ Also known as
en Swen Johan Vincke en Swen Vincke de Swen Johan Vincke es Swen Johan Vincke fa سون وینکه ko 스벤 요한 빙커 ko 스벤 빙커 pt Swen Johan Vincke ru Винке, Свен ru Свен Винке ru Свен Йохан Винке tr Swen Johan Vincke uk Свен Вінке
🔖 Identifiers · 20
VIAF cluster ID
307283628
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Swen Vincke 2018.png ↗
Companies House officer ID
5XjKPCD96nepQ9mp4vZBevVz-uI
DBC author ID
87097969063365
Fandom article ID
forgottenrealms:Swen_Vincke
FilmAffinity person or company ID
931262011
Freebase ID
/m/0105j_k3
Giant Bomb ID (former scheme)
3040-106420
Giant Bomb Wiki ID
People/Swen_Vincke
IMDb ID
nm3540642
Internet Game Database person ID (archived)
swen-vincke
Kinobox person ID
1466069
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LinkedIn personal profile ID
swen-vincke-7ab14b47
MobyGames person ID
109090
Museum-digital person/organization ID
273206
Podchaser creator ID
107a4VRR2q
Reddit username
Larian_Swen
Webb-site person ID
25540539
X (Twitter) username
LarAtLarian (2011–present)
ČSFD person ID
962022

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🔗 Connections
Occupation 4
creative director, game designer, video game producer, game programmer
Languages spoken, written or signed 3
English, French, Dutch
Award received 2
D.I.C.E. Award for Game of the Year, D.I.C.E. Award - Role-Playing Game of the Year
Country of citizenship 1
Belgium
Educated at 1
Ghent University
Founded entities 1
Larian Studios
Given name 1
Johan
Instance of 1
human
Native language 1
Flemish Dutch
Place of birth 1
Bruges
Residence 1
Ghent
Sex or gender 1
male
← Director / manager 1
Larian Studios
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Swen Vincke was born on May 30, 1972 in Bruges[1][2][3]. He works as a video game producer, game designer, creative director, and game programmer. Vincke has received the D.I.C.E. Award for Game of the Year, the D.I.C.E. Award - Role-Playing Game of the Year, the D.I.C.E. Award for Outstanding Achievement in Game Direction, and the Nebula Award for Best Game Writing[4][5].

FAQs

Where was Swen Vincke born?

Swen Vincke's place of birth was Bruges[2].

What did Swen Vincke do for work?

Swen Vincke worked as a video game producer[3], game designer[4], creative director[5], and game programmer[6].

Where did Swen Vincke go to school?

Swen Vincke was educated at Ghent University[9].

What awards did Swen Vincke receive?

Honors received include D.I.C.E. Award for Game of the Year[10], D.I.C.E. Award - Role-Playing Game of the Year[11], D.I.C.E. Award for Outstanding Achievement in Game Direction[12], and Nebula Award for Best Game Writing[13].

Related Entities

Belgium Bruges game designer Larian Studios

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  1. 16w ago · Kirilloparma · 2026-07-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Number of children → 4
    Start of work period → 1996
    Languages spoken, written or signed → Dutch, French, English
    Family name → Vincke
    + 13 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Created claim: Giant Bomb Wiki ID: People/Swen_Vincke, Adding missing P14470 and P9675 qualifier based on P5247"
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