Frank Pearce Jr.

Developer BIO

Frank Pearce was Co-founder of Silicon & Synapse (later named Blizzard) in 1991 with Allen Adham and Michael Morhaime.

As Blizzard Entertainment, Inc.’s executive vice president of product development, Frank Pearce plays a critical role in the development of all Blizzard Entertainment® titles. This involves coordinating the work of multiple teams in order to ensure that every project maintains the same polish and quality that mark all Blizzard games.

Pearce takes an active role in the ongoing development of World of Warcraft as the current executive producer, and he recently oversaw the development of World of Warcraft’s first expansion pack, The Burning Crusade. Before this, he directed the development process of Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos and Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne. Currently, Pearce is coordinating the development of the highly-anticipated StarCraft II and World of Warcraft’s second expansion, Wrath of the Lich King. Since co-founding Blizzard with Allen Adham and Mike Morhaime in 1991, Pearce has been deeply involved in the company’s projects. Games he has worked on include Amiga ports of various licensed titles, as well as The Lost Vikings™, Blackthorne™, Justice League Task Force™, and The Lost Vikings II for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System, and Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness™, Diablo, StarCraft, StarCraft: Brood War, and Diablo II for the PC, among others.

Pearce holds a Bachelor of Science degree in computer science and engineering from the University of California in Los Angeles.

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Games Credited

World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King (2008), Soft Club
World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade (2007), Blizzard Entertainment Europe
World of Warcraft (2004), Blizzard Entertainment Inc.
Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne (2003), Blizzard Entertainment Inc.
Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos (2002), Blizzard Entertainment Inc.
Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos (Collector's Edition) (2002), Blizzard Entertainment Inc.
Diablo II (2000), Blizzard Entertainment Inc.
Diablo II (Collector's Edition) (2000), Blizzard Entertainment Inc.
StarCraft (1998), Blizzard Entertainment Inc.
StarCraft: Brood War (1998), Blizzard Entertainment Inc.
Diablo (1997), Blizzard Entertainment Inc.
Norse by Norse West: The Return of the Lost Vikings (1997), Interplay Entertainment Corp.
Warcraft II: Beyond the Dark Portal (1996), Blizzard Entertainment Inc.
Justice League Task Force (1995), Acclaim Entertainment, Inc.
Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness (1995), Blizzard Entertainment Inc.
BlackThorne (1994), Interplay Productions, Inc.
The Death and Return of Superman (1994), SunSoft
Warcraft: Orcs & Humans (1994), Blizzard Entertainment Inc.
The Lost Vikings (1992), Interplay Productions, Inc.