Gregg Mayles

Gregg Mayles (born 29 April 1971) 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).