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James Phinney

Game Credits

Production
StarCraft (1998)		(Producer)
StarCraft (Demo Version) (1998)		(Producers)
Diablo (1996)		(Associate Producer)

Design
Gigantic (2017)		(Design)
State of Decay (2013)		(Design)
Guild Wars 2 (2012)		(Design Director)
Guild Wars: Eye of the North (2007)		(Designers)
Guild Wars: Factions (2006)		(Designers)
Guild Wars: Nightfall (2006)		(Designers)
Guild Wars (2005)		(Designers)
StarCraft (1998)		(Lead Design)
StarCraft (Demo Version) (1998)		(Senior Designers)
Norse by Norse West: The Return of the Lost Vikings (1997)		(Level Design)
Diablo (1996)		(Diablo Strike Team)

Programming/Engineering
Norse by Norse West: The Return of the Lost Vikings (1997)		(Lead Programmer)

Writers
Sacrifice (2000)		(Story and Game Script Writer)
StarCraft (1998)		(Script & Story)
StarCraft (Demo Version) (1998)		(Script & Story)
Norse by Norse West: The Return of the Lost Vikings (1997)		(Text and Dialog)

Quality Assurance
WarCraft II: Beyond the Dark Portal (1996)		(QA Assault Team)

Creative Services
WarCraft II: Tides of Darkness (1995)		(Manual Design and Layout)

Thanks
StarCraft: Brood War (1998)		(Thanks To)
Justice League: Task Force (1995)		(Thanks to)

Other
StarCraft (1998)		(Strike Team)
StarCraft (Demo Version) (1998)		(Strike Team)
Diablo (1996)		(Diablo Strike Team)
WarCraft II: Tides of Darkness (Demo Version) (1996)		(Dunsel)
WarCraft II: Tides of Darkness (1995)		(Dunsel)

James Phinney started as a programmer at Chaos Studios, which later became Blizzard Entertainment. He worked on Warcraft II and Diablo, then as lead designer and producer on StarCraft. James also wrote the story and dialogue for Shiny Entertainment's Sacrifice. He is currently employed at ArenaNet as a game designer.

Last updated: May 14, 2005