From 2006 to 2012, Freed was part of the in-house writing staff at video game developer BioWare, where he served as Lead Writer on multiple projects. Since then, he has worked with companies such as Archetype Entertainment, DICE, Kabam, Obsidian Entertainment, Stoic, WB Games Montreal, and many others. He later served as Studio Writing Director for 21st Century Fox's narrative games studio Fogbank Entertainment.

Freed's original short stories have appeared in Interzone magazine and various anthologies. His first novel, Star Wars: Battlefront: Twilight Company, was included on BuzzFeed's "Best Science Fiction Books Of 2015" list.

As of this writing, he lives in Austin, Texas and refers to himself in the third person. He is an avid roller skater and eater of mangos.