Mike O'Brien (game developer)
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Mike O'Brien | |
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| Occupation(s) | President ofArenaNet(2000–2019) Programmer at ManaWorks (since 2019) |
Mike O'Brienis the former president and co-founder ofArenaNetand executive producer of its gamesGuild WarsandGuild Wars 2.[1]He led the design and content creation teams of the originalGuild Wars.[2]
Before co-founding ArenaNet, he worked as a company director and a lead programmer atBlizzard Entertainmentwhere he developed the3D renderingengine ofWarcraft III: Reign of Chaosand led the development ofBattle.net.He also worked onWarcraft II: Tides of Darkness,DiabloandStarCraft,where he, among other things, designed and created theMPQarchives used in all Blizzard games after Diablo. Mike O'Brien was featured as one of the most influential people in thevideo game industryonPC Gamer'sSeptember 1999 cover story"Game Gods".
O'Brien also previously developed an Apple II emulator for Windows,AppleWin,and old DOS ASCII game,Pyro 2.
In early October 2019, through the official Guild Wars 2 news page, O'Brien announced his departure from ArenaNet and his intention to start a new development studio.[3]He is currently working as a programmer at the studio "ManaWorks".[4]
References
[edit]- ^"Studio Profile – ArenaNet".Edge Magazine:132–135. September 2011.
- ^Kalning, Kristin (28 March 2007)."'Guild Wars': An experiment that worked ".MSNBC.Archived fromthe originalon 10 December 2014.Retrieved12 August2010.
- ^"A Message From Mike O'Brien".GuildWars2.com.3 October 2019.Retrieved22 April2020.
- ^"ManaWorks Team".mana.works.Retrieved17 December2023.
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