Stieg Hedlund
Moby ID: 20632
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With a lifelong interest in games and visual storytelling, Stieg Hedlund became a professional designer of pen-and-paper role-playing games in his teens before beginning a career in interactive entertainment in 1987. Since then he has designed games of nearly every genre for a wide variety of computers, consoles, and arcade machines. He has successfully adapted to many diverse game development and production styles in environments ranging from small and entrepreneurial studios to some of the biggest publishers in the business, including working extensively in Japan.
The list of companies he has worked for include such names as Blizzard, Konami, SEGA, Red Storm Entertainment and Electronic Arts.
In addition to being a designer of Diablo II, which has sold over fifteen million copies worldwide and, he also worked on Blizzard’s other popular games such as Diablo, StarCraft, and the Diablo II Expansion Pack, the acclaimed arcade action game Die Hard Arcade, a Lord of the Rings-based action game, and a 3D Sonic the Hedgehog game, among many others. All told, he has shipped more than thirty games.
As the Chief Creative Officer for Turpitude Design - his independent design firm - Stieg oversees the team of game designers and producers working on the company’s projects.
Credited on 11 games
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| Diablo II: Resurrected (2021, Windows) | Diablo II Development Team (Blizzard North) |
| Villagers & Heroes of a Mystical Land (2018, iPhone) | Design |
| Gods & Heroes: Rome Rising (2011, Windows) | Design / Story Leads |
| Fat Princess (2009, PlayStation 3) | Special Thanks |
| Diablo II (2000, Macintosh) | Design |
| Diablo II (Collector's Edition) (2000, Windows) | Thanks |
| Die Hard Arcade (1997, SEGA Saturn) | Model artists |
| Diablo (1996, Windows) | Thanks To |
| NFL '97 (1996, SEGA Saturn) | Art Staff |
| The Ooze (1995, Genesis) | Design |
| Celtic Tales: Balor of the Evil Eye (1995, DOS) | Designer |
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Frequent Collaborators
People- 6 games with Bob Steele
- 5 games with Alan Ackerman
- 5 games with Allen Adham
- 4 games with Eric Sexton
- 4 games with Doron Gartner
- 4 games with Peter Brevik
- 4 games with Kelly Johnson
- 4 games with Christopher Root
- 4 games with Michael Gough
- 4 games with Hung Nguyen
Companies
- 4 games with Blizzard Entertainment Inc.
- 3 games with Blizzard North
- 3 games with Sega Technical Institute
- 3 games with SEGA of America, Inc.
- 2 games with Epic Games Tools LLC
- 2 games with Activision Blizzard...
- 2 games with Vivendi Games (UK) Limited
- 2 games with Activision Blizzard France SAS
- 2 games with SEGA Corporation
- 1 game with Sony DADC Europe GmbH
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