Tom Chilton (game developer)

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Tom Chilton
Tom Chilton

Tom Chilton is a lead game designer for Blizzard Entertainment and is a lead designer for the MMORPG World of Warcraft.[1] He has been referred to as "Blizzard's PvP guru."[2] Chilton, along with Rob Pardo and Jeffrey Kaplan, were the three Lead Designers for World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade[3], the fastest selling PC game of all time.[4] On World of Warcraft, he was one of six Game Designers.[5]

Chilton was on the developer panels at BlizzCon 2005 in October 2005[6] and BlizzCon 2007 in August 2007.[7] At BlizzCon 2005, he was on the developer panels for discussions about character classes, dungeon creation, raids, and battlegrounds.[6] At BlizzCon 2007, he was on the developer panels for discussions about classes, PvP, user interface and mods, and professions and items.[7]

He previously worked for Origin Systems and was Lead Designer for Ultima Online: Age of Shadows.[8]

Chilton attended the University of Arizona, and is a fan of the webcomic PvP.[8]

References

  1. ^ GameSpot Video: World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade Interview 2. GameSpot (2006-08-11). Retrieved on 2008-03-26.
  2. ^ Allen 'Delsyn' Rausch (2005-05-19). Tom Chilton on PvP in World of Warcraft. Gamespy. Retrieved on 2008-03-25.
  3. ^ WoW -> Info -> Burning Crusade Credits. WorldofWarcraft.com. Retrieved on 2008-03-26.
  4. ^ Leigh Alexander (2008-01-22). World Of Warcraft Hits 10 Million Subscribers. Gamasutra. Retrieved on 2008-03-26.
  5. ^ WoW -> Info -> Classic Credits. WorldofWarcraft.com. Retrieved on 2008-03-26.
  6. ^ a b BlizzCon (2005). Blizzard.com. Retrieved on 2008-03-26.
  7. ^ a b BlizzCon - Developer Panel Information (2007). Blizzard.com. Retrieved on 2008-03-26.
  8. ^ a b Tom Chilton interview for Age of Shadows. UO.com. Retrieved on 2008-03-26.

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