Jeff Strain
Moby ID: 9171
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Jeff Strain was the team lead and lead programmer of Blizzard's massively multiplayer role-playing game, World of Warcraft. He was also a senior programmer on both Warcraft III and StarCraft, and a programmer on Diablo. Jeff was the creator of the StarCraft Campaign Editor and was employed at Blizzard for four years.
In March, 2000, he founded ArenaNet with Pat Wyatt and Mike O'Brien. He then worked as a programmer for the company.
On 10th September 2008 it was announced Strain would become President of Product Development of the newly-formed NCsoft West when ArenaNet was consolidated along with other NCsoft subsidiaries under a single label.
In August 2009 he left the company to establish his own development studio Undead Labs. The formation was announced in November 2009.
Credited on 26 games
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| State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition (2020, Xbox One) | CEO |
| Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition (2019, Windows) | And Special Thanks to... |
| State of Decay 2 (2018, Windows Apps) | Executive Producer |
| Squids from Space (2017, Windows) | Friends & Family Playtest |
| Fat Princess: Adventures (2015, PlayStation 4) | Special Thanks |
| State of Decay: Year-One Survival Edition (2015, Windows) | Production |
| State of Decay: Lifeline (2014, Windows) | Production |
| Betrayer (2013, Windows) | Special Thanks |
| State of Decay (2013, Xbox 360) | Production |
| Age of Empires II: HD Edition (2013, Windows) | And Special Thanks to... |
| Guild Wars 2 (2012, Windows) | Special Thanks |
| Aion (2009, Windows) | Executive Team |
| Guild Wars: Eye of the North (2007, Windows) | Executive Producers |
| Guild Wars: Nightfall (2006, Windows) | Executive Producers |
| Guild Wars: Factions (2006, Windows) | ArenaNet Executive Producers |
| Guild Wars (2005, Windows) | Executive Producers |
| WarCraft III: Reign of Chaos (2002, Macintosh) | Our thanks to |
| Diablo II: Lord of Destruction (2001, Windows) | Thanks To |
| Diablo II (2000, Macintosh) | Thanks To |
| Diablo II (Collector's Edition) (2000, Windows) | Thanks To |
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Frequent Collaborators
People- 18 games with Patrick Wyatt
- 12 games with Mike O'Brien
- 11 games with Scott Albaugh
- 10 games with Chris Metzen
- 10 games with Paul Eiding
- 10 games with Chris Millar
- 10 games with Doug Williams
- 10 games with David Dunniway
- 10 games with Lewis Mohr
- 10 games with Lisa LaFay
Companies
- 11 games with Valve Corporation
- 9 games with Blizzard Entertainment Inc.
- 8 games with Microsoft Corporation
- 8 games with Xbox Game Studios
- 6 games with NCsoft Europe Ltd.
- 6 games with Activision Blizzard...
- 6 games with CDP Sp. z o.o.
- 5 games with NCsoft Corporation
- 5 games with ArenaNet, LLC
- 5 games with Epic Games Tools LLC
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