Ryan Payton (born April 30, 1981, in Vancouver, Washington, United States) was an assistant producer at Kojima Productions. He previously worked as a freelancer at various magazines before joining Kojima Productions. He hosted a podcast, The Kojima Productions Report, which reports on various news within the company or rumors on the internet. However, for the most part his podcast focused on the Metal Gear series, especially that of Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots. The podcast is now hosted by Sean Eyestone, who also hosts the MGS4 Integral Podcast.

On August 26, 2008, it was revealed that Payton had left Kojima Productions. He plans on finding a job closer to his family. Of his time at Kojima Productions he said "I'm pretty satisifed with all I've accomplished at KP. I set my goals and hit almost every one. The dream has always been to get an original game concept green lit, but that'll have to wait until I find a new home. The good news is that I've got plenty of exciting ideas that I've been keeping close to my chest."^[1] He served as creative director on the Halo series for Microsoft Game Studios before being demoted and replaced. In September 2011, Ryan left 343 Industries to found a new studio--Camouflaj.^[2]

Previous jobs Edit

• 2002-2003 Seattle AM Radio Stations producer/engineer
• 2003-2004 Xbox Nation Magazine freelance writer
• 2004-2005 1UP, Japan Times, OXM, EGM, Wired, Metropolis freelance writer

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