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"Blizzard Brain Drain" leads to creation of two new developers: Dreamhaven and Frost Giant


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Dreamhaven was announced in late September and was founded by Blizzard co-founder Mike Morhaime and his wife Amy.  The company has two studios in its portfolio -- Moonshot Games and Secret Door.  

 

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Moonshot is led by Jason Chayes, Dustin Browder, and Ben Thompson. Chayes was previously an Executive Producer at Blizzard Entertainment where he led the Hearthstone team, a Senior Director at Electronic Arts, and before that, led art teams for the Walt Disney Company’s game division. Browder’s twenty-five year career includes roles as Game Director on StarCraft II, Heroes of the Storm, Command and Conquer, and The Lord of the Rings. Thompson’s credits include Creative Director on Hearthstone, Art Director for the World of Warcraft trading card game, with additional credits on Dungeons & Dragons and Magic: The Gathering. Moonshot is also home to a team of seasoned developers who’ve collectively worked on some of gaming’s most popular franchises.

 

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Secret Door is led by Chris Sigaty, Alan Dabiri, and Eric Dodds, who’ve worked on multiple genre-defining games. Sigaty’s roles have included Executive Producer on Hearthstone, StarCraft II, and Heroes of the Storm, as well as Lead Producer on the original Warcraft III. Dodds was the original Game Director of Hearthstone and veteran game designer on World of Warcraft and StarCraft. Dabiri has filled both Technical Director and Game Director roles and has worked on Warcraft III, StarCraft II, and Heroes of the Storm. They are joined by a team of highly talented developers with extensive industry experience and are beginning to explore new game experiences together.

 

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Mike Morhaime, cofounder of Blizzard Entertainment, has launched a new game company called Dreamhaven, with two new game studios.

 

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Two of the founders of Dreamhaven delve deeper into their vision for their new game development and publishing company.

 

 

Today, another new studio consisting of former Blizzard alumni was announced called Frost Giant Studios

 

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Frost Giant Studios, a new game studio formed by ex-Blizzard Entertainment veterans, has raised $4.7 million to build its first real-time strategy game.

 

 

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Key personnel for Frost Giant include:

Tim Morten, former Production Director of StarCraft II and C&C: Generals 2.
Tim Campbell, former Game Director of Wasteland 3, Lead Campaign Designer of Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne.
Jesse Brophy, former Lead Artist on StarCraft II and Principal Artist on Diablo IV.
Ryan Schutter, former Lead Designer on StarCraft II, creator of GameHeart.
Kevin Dong, former Lead Co-Op Designer on StarCraft II, Project Manager for Team Liquid.
Micky Neilson, former Publishing Lead and Senior Writer at Blizzard, author of two NY Times Best Selling novels.

 

 

Sooooo...is anyone actually left at Blizzard to make Diablo IV?!?

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