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Rob Pardo was vice president of game design at Blizzard Entertainment.

Biography[]

Pardo was a former member of Interplay. He was hired by Mike Morhaime during the development of StarCraft to work on the game as a playtester, as he was known as a top-knotch RTS player.[1] Amongst many other games, he worked on the design and game balance[2] of StarCraft and was the lead designer of StarCraft: Brood War.

Pardo left Blizzard in 2014.[3] In 2016, he founded Bonfire Studios, working with other fellow former Blizzard staff members.[4]

Trivia[]

In 2006, he was named by Time Magazine as one of the 100 most influential people in the world.[5]

References[]

  1. Schreier, Jason. Play Nice: The Rise, Fall, and Future of Blizzard Entertainment. Grand Central Publishing.
  2. 2010-02-17, Medievaldragon, G4TV interviews Starcraft II Team celebrating closed beta launch (Rob Pardo & Chris Sigaty). Blizzplanet, accessed on 2010-02-18
  3. 2014-07-03, Message from Rob Pardo. Blizzard Entertainment, accessed on 2014-07-22
  4. 2016-09-12, JOSH MOSQUEIRA NOW PART OF NEW BONFIRE STUDIOS. Blizzpro, accessed on 2016-09-13
  5. Rob Pardo - Architect of Virtual Worlds, Time Magazine, April 30, 2006
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