Allen Adham
Allen Adham is an American game developer and co-founder of the American computer game developer Blizzard Entertainment .
biography
Adham began developing computer games while still a student at UCLA . Encouraged by the success of his first games, including the Gunslinger adventure , he founded his own computer game company with Michael Morhaime and Frank Pearce . First run under the name Silicon & Synapse , it was later renamed Blizzard Entertainment . In 2004 he left the company and founded the hedge fund Tenfold Capital Partners.
According to GameSpy, Adham is one of the most important computer game developers in the world as the co-founder of Blizzard Entertainment, head of development at Warcraft and one of the pioneers of the online strategy game.
On October 3, 2018, it was announced that Mike Morhaime was leaving the office of President and CEO of Blizzard Entertainment to J. Allen Brack . Morhaime will continue to work as a consultant for the company. It was also announced that Adham is moving to the management department and will continue to oversee the development of several new Blizzards games.
Publications
- 2004 - World of Warcraft
- 2002 - Warcraft 3 : Reign of Chaos
- 2001 - Diablo II: Lord of Destruction
- 2000 - Diablo II
- 1998 - StarCraft and StarCraft: Brood War
- 1997 - Diablo
- 1995 - Warcraft 2 : Tides of Darkness
- 1994 - Warcraft: Orcs & Humans
Involved in
- 2000 - StarCraft 64 , Nintendo of America Inc.
- 1997 - Norse by Norse West: The Return of the Lost Vikings , Interplay Entertainment Corp.
- 1995 - Justice League Task Force , Acclaim Entertainment, Inc.
- 1994 - Blackthorne , Interplay Productions, Inc.
- 1994 - The Death and Return of Superman , SunSoft
- 1993 - Rock 'n Roll Racing , Interplay Productions, Inc.
- 1992 - The Lost Vikings , Interplay Productions, Inc.
- 1987 - Gunslinger , Datasoft - illustrated text adventure for various home computers.
Web links
- Allen Adham at MobyGames (English)
- Allen Adham at GameSpy
Individual evidence
- ^ Blizzard Entertainment Company Profile
- ↑ M. Abraham: UCLA Engineering Celebrates Accomplishments at Annual Awards Dinner ( English ) UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science. November 6, 2006. Archived from the original on September 3, 2009. Retrieved September 22, 2007.
- ↑ Curt Feldman: Blizzard confirms Allen Adham departure ( English ) In: GameSpot . January 16, 2004. Retrieved August 16, 2016.
- ↑ GameSpy's 30 Most Influential People in Gaming ( Memento from March 20, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Blizzard Entertainment: A message from Mike Morhaime and J. Allen Brack in news.blizzard.com on October 3, 2018. Retrieved October 31, 2018.
- ↑ Gunslinger at lemon64.com
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Adham, Allen |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Computer game developer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 20th century |