Patrick Wyatt

Developer BIO

Patrick Wyatt was previously Blizzard Entertainment's Vice President of Research and Development. He was most recently the team lead and lead programmer of Battle.net. Previously, Pat was a senior programmer on both StarCraft and Diablo, and wrote the multiplayer code for both games. He was also a producer and senior programmer on Warcraft II, for which he wrote both the networking and multiplayer code, and producer and lead programmer for Warcraft I. Pat also worked on Lost Vikings, Battle Chess, Rock and Roll Racing, Death and Return of Superman and Justice League Task Force. Pat was employed at Blizzard more than eight years.

In March, 2000, he founded ArenaNet with Mike O'Brien and Jeff Strain. He then worked as a programmer for the company.

On 10th September 2008 it was announced Wyatt would become CTO of the newly-formed NCsoft West when ArenaNet was consolidated along with other NCsoft subsidiaries under a single label.

Also Known As

• Pat Wyatt

Websites

• Github account -- Github account containing public code-samples
• Code of Honor -- personal blog
• Patrick Wyatt - LinkedIn -- his professional profile on the LinkedIn website

Games Credited

• Diablo III (2012), Blizzard Entertainment Inc.
• Tera (2011), NHN Games Corporation
• Aion (2009), NCsoft West
• Guild Wars: Eye of the North (2007), NCsoft Europe Ltd.
• Guild Wars: Factions (2006), NCsoft Europe Ltd.
• Guild Wars: Nightfall (2006), NCsoft Europe Ltd.
• Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos (2002), Blizzard Entertainment Inc.
• Diablo II (2000), Blizzard Entertainment Inc.
• Diablo II (Collector's Edition) (2000), Blizzard Entertainment Inc.
• StarCraft 64 (2000), Nintendo of America Inc.
• Warcraft II: Battle.net Edition (2000), Blizzard Entertainment Inc.
• StarCraft (1998), Blizzard Entertainment Inc.
• StarCraft: Brood War (1998), Blizzard Entertainment Inc.
• Norse by Norse West: The Return of the Lost Vikings (1997), Interplay Entertainment Corp.
• Warcraft II: The Dark Saga (1997), Electronic Arts, Inc.
• Diablo (1996), Blizzard Entertainment Inc.
• Justice League Task Force (1995), Acclaim Entertainment, Inc.
• Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness (1995), Blizzard Entertainment Europe
• Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness (Demo Version) (1995), Blizzard Entertainment Inc.
• Blackthorne (1994), Interplay Productions Ltd.
• The Death and Return of Superman (1994), Sun Corporation of America
• WarCraft: Orcs & Humans (1994), Blizzard Entertainment Inc.
• Rock 'n Roll Racing (1993), Interplay Productions, Inc.
• Battle Chess Enhanced CD ROM (1992), Interplay Productions, Inc.
• The Lost Vikings (1992), Interplay Productions, Inc.