Michael Morhaime

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Michael Morhaime

Occupation President of Blizzard Entertainment

Mike Morhaime is the president and a co-founder of Blizzard Entertainment, a video game developer located in Irvine, California and currently owned by the Vivendi Games group of Vivendi. He is also an alumnus of Triangle Fraternity[1] and received his bachelor's degree in 1990 from UCLA.[2][3]

Morhaime appears in animated form in the South Park episode Make Love, Not Warcraft, which deals with the World of Warcraft MMORPG.

In 2008 Morhaime was honored at the 59th Annual Technology & Engineering Emmy Awards for Blizzard’s creation of World of Warcraft. Along with Don Daglow and John Carmack, Morhaime is one of only three designers or producers to accept awards at both the Technology & Engineering Emmy Awards and at the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences Interactive Achievement Awards.

Morhaime plays poker and reached 2nd place in edition 2006 of DICE's Celebrity Poker Tournament. In the last round, Mike faced Scott Fischman and Perry Friedman (World Series of Poker professionals), as well as Ray Muzyka, co-CEO of video game developer Bioware. After a dramatic 45-minute battle, Ray emerged victorious, with Mike placing 2nd overall in the tournament. See http://www.bioware.com/biozone/articles/2006_02_21_poker_tournament/index.html

Morhaime graduated from Granada Hills High School in 1985.

In 2008, Morhaime was inducted into the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences' Hall of Fame[4]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Notable Alumni.
  2. ^ M. Abraham (2006-11-06). UCLA Engineering Celebrates Accomplishments at Annual Awards Dinner. UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science.
  3. ^ Blizzard Entertainment 10th Anniversary Celebration. Blizzard Entertainment.
  4. ^ Mike Morhaime Inducted Into AIAS' Hall Of Fame - Xbox

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