Career
His articles have appeared in publications including the Los Angeles Times and Sports Illustrated. He scripted Trilobyte"s bestselling Civil Defense-ROM interactive dramas The 7th Guest and its sequel The 11th Hour, as well as many other videogames. Along with F. Paul Wilson, Costello created and scripted FTL Newsfeed, which ran daily on the Sciences-Fi Channel from 1992-1996.
His television credits also include shows on The Disney Channel, Public Broadcasting Service, the British Broadcasting Corporation, and many others
In 2005 his novel Beneath Still Waters was adapted into a film by director Brian Yuzna. His latest suspense novel, Nowhere, was published in 2007.
Costello also wrote Island of the Skull (Pocket Books), an original prequel to Peter Jackson"s film, King Kong. Costello"s work for children include the book series The Kids of Einstein Elementary, published by Scholastic, and Magic Everywhere (Random House), as well as games including Aladdin’s Mathquest (Disney), A Cartoon History of the Universe (Putnam) and two math games based on the hit Public Broadcasting Service Kids show Cyberchase.
He is designer of role-playing and board games, including Dungeons & Dragons, Call of Cthulhu, Batman, Lone Wolf & Cub, and many others
Recently, Costello worked on Rage, a post-apocalyptic action-adventure game for id Software and wrote its novelisation, as well as a new game for Eidos with Neil Richards and Swedish developer Avalanche Studios. The 7th Guest (1993), Virgin Interactive Entertainment (Europe) Limited.
The 11th Hour (1995), Virgin Interactive Entertainment, Incorporated.
Clue Chronicles: Fatal Illusion (1999), Atari Interactive, Incorporated.
Starsky & Hutch (2003), Empire Interactive
The Italian Job (2003), Eidos Interactive, Incorporated.
Cyberchase: Castleblanca Quest (2003), Brighter Minds Media, Incorporated., Learning Company, The
Doom 3 (2004), Activision Publishing, Incorporated.
Shellshock: Nam "67 (2004), Eidos Interactive Limited.
Doom 3: Resurrection of Evil (2005), Activision Publishing, Incorporated.
Just Cause (2006), Eidos GmbH
Disney"s Pirates of the Caribbean: At World"s End (2007), Disney Interactive Studios
Just Cause 2 (2010), Eidos GmbH
Rage (2011), Bethesda Softworks.