Rob Pardo
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| Role | VP of Game Design |
Rob Pardo (alias EnoYls) is a former Blizzard Entertainment employee who was the company's Chief Creative Officer,[1] and Executive Producer for Hearthstone. He was also a co-producer on the 2016 Warcraft film.[2] Prior to his position at Blizzard, he was a producer at Interplay. He holds a degree from the University of California at Irvine.
Pardo led the design of StarCraft: Brood War, World of Warcraft and Warcraft III. As Chief Creative Officer at Blizzard, he served as the Executive Producer for Diablo III and Hearthstone.[3]
On July 3rd, 2014, Pardo announced that he would be leaving Blizzard, after 17 years with the company. In September 2016 Pardo was revealed as cofounder and Chief Executive of the new Bonfire Studios, alongside other ex-Blizzard personnel including former Vice President of Art & Cinematic Development Nick Carpenter.[4]
In-game references
- The Enoyls Engineering, Inc. shop in Stratholme is named after his online alias. The Legacy of Steel - Fine Weaponry shop in the same instance is named after Pardo and Jeff Kaplan's former EverQuest guild.
- One of Greatfather Winter's reindeer mentioned in
[Metzen's Letters and Notes] is named Pardo. - A night elf ally in the World of Warcraft Trading Card Game is named Tracker Pardo.
References
- ^ Game Industry Legends: Rob Pardo. Retrieved on 2013-12-10.
- ^ http://deadline.com/2016/06/warcraft-china-advance-ticket-sales-record-legendary-wanda-furious-7-box-office-preview-1201767728/
- ^ Bonfire Studios: About Us
- ^ New York Times - A New Phase for World of Warcraft’s Lead Designer: His Own Start-Up (2016-09-12).
