Tom Chilton (game developer)
Tom "Kalgan" Chilton was a lead game designer for Blizzard Entertainment and is a lead designer for the MMORPG World of Warcraft.[1] He has been referred to as "Blizzard's PvP guru."[2] Chilton, along with Rob Pardo and Jeffrey Kaplan, were the three Lead Designers for World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade,[3], he was one of six Game Designers.[4]
Chilton was on the developer panels at BlizzCon 2005 in October 2005[5] and BlizzCon 2007 in August 2007.[6] At BlizzCon 2005, he was on the developer panels for discussions about character classes, dungeon creation, raids, and battlegrounds.[5] At BlizzCon 2007, he was on the developer panels for discussions about classes, PvP, user interface and mods, and professions and items.[6] He also appeared on numerous pannels during BlizzCon 2009.
He previously worked for Origin Systems and was Lead Designer for Ultima Online: Age of Shadows.[7]
Chilton attended the University of Arizona, and is a fan of the webcomic PvP.[7]
[edit] References
- ^ "GameSpot Video: World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade Interview 2". GameSpot. 2006-08-11. http://www.gamespot.com/video/928901/6155711/world-of-warcraft-the-burning-crusade-interview-2. Retrieved 2008-03-26.
- ^ Allen 'Delsyn' Rausch (2005-05-19). "Tom Chilton on PvP in World of Warcraft". Gamespy. http://pc.gamespy.com/pc/world-of-warcraft/617414p1.html. Retrieved 2008-03-25.
- ^ "WoW -> Info -> Burning Crusade Credits". WorldofWarcraft.com. http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/info/basics/bc-credits.html. Retrieved 2008-03-26.
- ^ "WoW -> Info -> Classic Credits". WorldofWarcraft.com. http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/info/basics/classic-credits.html. Retrieved 2008-03-26.
- ^ a b "BlizzCon (2005)". Blizzard.com. http://www.blizzard.com/us/blizzcon05/panel.html. Retrieved 2008-03-26.
- ^ a b "BlizzCon - Developer Panel Information (2007)". Blizzard.com. http://www.blizzard.com/us/blizzcon07/panels.html. Retrieved 2008-03-26.
- ^ a b "Tom Chilton interview for Age of Shadows". UO.com. http://www.uo.com/ageofshadows/team_chilton.html. Retrieved 2008-03-26.
[edit] External links
- Age Of Shadows interview
- Interview about PvP Honor System and Rewards in World of Warcraft
- Interview about World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade at GameSpot (YouTube)
- Podcast and transcript at Blizzard.com
- BlizzCon 2007 Professions and Items panel at YouTube
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