MediEvil co-creator sells his BAFTA Award statuette to "Keep a Roof over his head"
Jason Wilson (aka Jay Gunn) is a developer who was responsible for game design and many other aspects of the original games in the MediEvil series. The other day, he put up for sale a BAFTA Award statuette, which he received in 2000 for his work on MediEvil 2.
The reasons for this decision are sad: the developer has been unable to find a job for almost a year and has money problems.
"This week I was admitted to the hospital due to severe stress. I'm worried that I'm not even able to get an interview for a game/art designer position, so I decided to sell my BAFTA Game of the Year award. This way I will be able to continue paying bills," Wilson wrote on X (former Twitter).
Wilson added that the statuette belongs to him personally, and not to SCE Cambridge Studio, which developed MediEvil. He is sad to part with the award, but if its sale allows him to "keep a roof over his head for a little longer," then it is worth it.
Along with the statuette, the developer will give the Dan-hands figurine and the recently released Funko Pop figurine of Sir Daniel Fortescue. Wilson asks for £6,000 for everything. He will accept higher offers, if there are any.
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This is not the first time Wilson has sold items related to MediEvil in the hope of staying afloat. In May 2023, he decided to sell an archive with hundreds of concept art, handwritten script sketches and notes on gameplay solutions of the original MediEvil. According to him, it was "perhaps the most complete and exhaustive archive on the creation of the game from the initial pitch to all subsequent stages of development."
Wilson began his career in the gaming industry in the late 80s working on games for Amiga computers. In 1996, he joined SCE Studio Cambridge, where at various times he held the positions of lead game designer, concept artist, art director and creative director. He worked there until 2012. After leaving the studio, Wilson became a freelancer and took up comics.
Although Wilson is best known as the co-creator of MediEvil, there are quite a few other games in his portfolio. In particular, he had a hand in Silverload, C-12: Final Resistance and Ghosthunter.
