Tim Morten

Tim Morten
Physical
Race	Human
Gender	Male
Hair	Black
Political
Affiliation	Blizzard Entertainment (2014—2019) Frost Giant Games (2020—)
Occupation	Lead producer (formerly) Production director (formerly)

"The thing that drew me to StarCraft was the combination of great storytelling and the strategic challenge of the campaigns. I started playing Blizzard games with Warcraft II, and it got me invested in RTS as a genre. When that first teaser movie for StarCraft came out, at the time, the quality was incredible. But also, this idea of storytelling in a sci-fi setting around real-time strategy. Only later did I come to appreciate the incredible skill involved in competitive play and the esports scene which continues to define StarCraft today."

- Tim Morten^(src)

Tim Morten is the former production director for StarCraft II, and the game's former lead producer.

He left his position in late 2019.

Biography

Morten's first Blizzard game was Warcraft II. He later played the original StarCraft in his youth.

Morten received his bachelor's degree in Computer Science from the University of California, San Diego. He began his career at Activision as an engineer and later as a producer and director where he worked on games including Return to Zork, the MechWarrior 2 series, and Heavy Gear. He then founded Savage Entertainment, serving as CEO and producer for various licensed titles and co-productions, including games based Transformers, Star Wars, Marvel, and He-Man.

He helped develop various training tools for the US Department of Defense, including Darwars: Ambush!, DARPA RealWorld, and Crises Simulator. Before joining Blizzard, he served as Director of Product Development on Command & Conquer.

Morten joined Blizzard Entertainment in 2014 and left the StarCraft II team in late 2019, as it became clear that another RTS was unlikely due to the immense popularity of Overwatch and the development focus on Diablo IV.

He later co-founded Frost Giant Studios.