Jay Wilson
Jay Wilson was the lead designer of Diablo III.[1]
Biography
Pre-Blizzard
Wilson began working in the games industry around 1996, beginning work at Q Studios, working on an FPS game called Blood. He later worked at Monolith Studios, Cavedog Entertainment, and Relic Entertainment. Apart from Relic, he mainly worked on FPS games. At Relic, he was the lead designer on both Impossible Creatures and Dawn of War, and was the design director of Company of Heroes. He worked together with Josh Mosqueira on this game.[2] He became aware of the first Diablo game after seeing it advertised on the back cover of Warcraft II. He ended up purchasing the game soon afterwards.[3]
Career at Blizzard
Wilson joined Blizzard Entertainment in 2006.[4] He was responsible for Diablo III's combat design and physics engine.[5] After the game's launch, and in the midst of negative player reception, he generated controversy with a "fuck that loser" comment regarding David Brevik's commentary on the game. Wilson later appologized for his words.[4] Threads were removed on Battle.net due to the amount of community vitriol.[6]
He remained as game director of Diablo III until 2013 when he was replaced by Josh Mosqueira and moved to an "unannounced project" within the company.[4] (it is known that Wilson worked on Titan).[2] He resigned from Blizzard in 2016 in order to pursue a career in writing.[4]
References
- ↑ 2008-20-08, GC 2008: Diablo III Progress Report. IGN. Accessed on 2008-21-08
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2016-09-05, JAY WILSON GAME DEVELOPER INTERVIEW ON BURNOUT. Blizzpro, accessed on 2016-09-07
- ↑ 2011-11-29, Diablo III feature: Blizzard's plans to satisfy their fanbase and still deliver a fresh experience. PC Gamer, accessed on 2014-11-10
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 2016-06-07, Former Diablo Director Jay Wilson Leaves Blizzard. The Escapist, accessed on 2016-06-08
- ↑ 2014-05-19, More Info From The Anniversary Dev Stream. Diablo Fans.com, accessed on 2014-05-20
- ↑ 2016-06-07, Farewell Jay Wilson. Blizzard Entertainment, accessed on 2016-06-22