# Gregg Mayles

> Gregg Mayles is a British video game designer who previously worked for the video game company Rare as creative director. Between 1989 and 2025, Mayles was one of the longest-serving members of the studio Rare, having designed games for the company since Battletoads (1991), in addition to Donkey Kong Country (1994) and Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest (1995). Mayles also created the Banjo-Kazooie franchise. After Rare was acquired by Microsoft in 2002, Mayles designed Grabbed by the Ghoulies (2003) and Viva Piñata (2006), in addition to directing Sea of Thieves (2018).

*British video game designer (born 1971)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/gregg-mayles

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Developer ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q5482740))
- **Category:** Developers
- **Country:** United Kingdom
- **Born:** 1971-04-29
- **Status:** living
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Gregg Mayles is a British video game designer who previously worked for the video game company Rare as creative director. Between 1989 and 2025, Mayles was one of the longest-serving members of the studio Rare, having designed games for the company since Battletoads (1991), in addition to Donkey Kong Country (1994) and Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest (1995). Mayles also created the Banjo-Kazooie franchise. After Rare was acquired by Microsoft in 2002, Mayles designed Grabbed by the Ghoulies (2003) and Viva Piñata (2006), in addition to directing Sea of Thieves (2018).

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 46.5 / 100
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- **Historical depth:** 4.2 / 100
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- **Source confidence:** 35.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 65.0 / 100

## Platforms
- **X**: https://x.com/Ghoulyboy (@Ghoulyboy)
- **IMDB**: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0562709/ (@nm0562709)

## Sources
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