Rob Pardo

Rob Pardo (born June 9, 1970) was the Chief Creative Officer at Blizzard Entertainment,^[1] resigning on July 3, 2014.^[2] Previously he was the Executive Vice President of Game Design at Blizzard Entertainment, and prior to that the lead designer of World of Warcraft. In 2006, he was named by Time Magazine as one of the 100 most influential people in the world.^[3]

Games

Rob Pardo has been credited on the following games:^[4]

Lead Designer

• World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade
• World of Warcraft
• Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne
• Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos
• StarCraft: Brood War

Designer

• World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor^[5]
• Diablo II
• Warcraft II: Battle.net Edition
• StarCraft
• Diablo III

Producer

• Mortal Kombat Trilogy
• Tempest X3
• Whiplash

Executive producer

• Diablo III

In pop culture

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

EverQuest

Pardo played a Wood Elf Warrior named Ariel. He was Guild master of the EverQuest guild Legacy of Steel, which accomplished many world-firsts. He met friend and former coworker Tigole (Jeffrey Kaplan) during his time in Legacy of Steel. Tigole would go on to replace him as guild leader and was eventually offered a position as designer alongside Pardo.

References

1. ↑ Game Industry Legends: Rob Pardo, GamesIndustry International, October 3, 2012
2. ↑ Message from Rob Pardo, July 3, 2014
3. ↑ Rob Pardo - Architect of Virtual Worlds, Time Magazine, April 30, 2006
4. ↑ Rob Pardo at MobyGames
5. ↑ https://twitter.com/Rob_Pardo/status/261898014640205824

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Rob Pardo.

• GameSpy interview