Rob Pardo Explained

Rob Pardo
Birth Date:9 June 1970
Birth Place:United States
Occupation:Game designer

Rob Pardo (born June 9, 1970) is an American video game designer. He is the former 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]

Pardo founded Bonfire Studios in 2016.[4] He raised $25 million from Andreessen Horowitz and Riot Games.[5]

Games

Rob Pardo has been credited on the following games:[6]

Lead Designer
Designer
Producer
Executive producer
Investor

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.[9]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Game Industry Legends: Rob Pardo . Peterson . Steve . October 3, 2012 . GamesIndustry International . December 11, 2012.
  2. Web site: Message from Rob Pardo . July 3, 2014 . World of Warcraft Forums . July 3, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140703190036/http://us.battle.net/wow/en/forum/topic/13348514719 . July 3, 2014.
  3. Rob Pardo - Architect of Virtual Worlds . Grossman . Lev . April 30, 2006 . . May 2, 2006 . https://web.archive.org/web/20060513224548/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1187331,00.html . May 13, 2006.
  4. News: Wingfield . Nick . September 11, 2016 . A New Phase for World of Warcraft's Lead Designer: His Own Start-Up . . January 10, 2019 . en-US . 0362-4331.
  5. Web site: Game boss interview: Rob Pardo says playtesting is critical to game design . Takahashi . Dean . October 14, 2017 . VentureBeat . January 10, 2019.
  6. Web site: Rob Pardo . . May 2, 2006.
  7. Rob_Pardo. Rob Pardo. 261898014640205824. October 26, 2012. Its been pretty fun getting deeply involving with WOW again. The next expansion is going to be awesome :).
  8. Web site: Kaser . Rachel . Bright Star Studios attracts new investors following in-game land sale . December 6, 2021 . . April 25, 2024 . December 3, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20221203201242/https://venturebeat.com/games/bright-star-studios-attracts-new-investors-following-in-game-land-sale/.
  9. From Guild Leader to Game Director Part 1: Landing A Job At Blizzard . https://web.archive.org/web/20160401024626/http://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2016/03/30/from-guild-leader-to-game-director-pt-1-landing-a-job-at-blizzard.aspx . dead . April 1, 2016 . Daniel . Tack . March 30, 2016 . . May 24, 2017.

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