David Brevik
David Brevik is a video game developer and possibly best known as a co-founder of Blizzard North (back then under the name Condor), the highly successful video game company behind titles such as the Diablo series. He was educated at California State University, Chico during 1986 to 1991. Following his position as Lead Technical Director at Iguana Entertainment, he left to form Condor / Blizzard North during September 1993 to 2003, holding a position as president on the company. He resigned and co-founded Flagship Studios (in 2003) as well as Ping0 (in 2006), a sister company to Flagship Studios. After the company dissolved it was announced that he was appointed new creative director for Turbine and its new West coast studio. In 2009, David Brevik began at Gazillion Entertainment in San Mateo, CA working in the Gargantuan Studio.[1][2] In 2011 Gargantuan became Secret Identity Studios and David Brevik was named President and COO of Gazillion Entertainment.[3]
[edit] References
- ^ "David Brevik's Experience". LinkedIn. http://www.linkedin.com/pub/dir/David/Brevik. Retrieved 2008-07-23.
- ^ "David Brevik's Developer Bio". MobyGames. http://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,11644/. Retrieved 2008-07-23.
- ^ "Gazillion Entertainment Names Former Blizzard Executive As President and COO.". FreshNews. http://www.freshnews.com/news/437111/gazillion-entertainment-names-former-blizzard-executive-david-brevik-president-and-coo. Retrieved 2011-01-13.
[edit] External links
- Diablo made me do it - 1up.com interview
- Hellgate: London Interview - StrategyInformer interview
- Diablo 2 Designer Diaries - GameSpot interview
- Lead Creator - Blue's News Turbine expansion
- David Brevik at the Internet Movie Database
