Andrea Pessino
Moby ID: 20680
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Andrea co-founded Ready At Dawn in 2003 and, as of May 2022, serves as Head of Research, pursuing special R&D projects.
From 1998 to 2003 Andrea was a Senior Software Engineer with Blizzard Entertainment where he authored core technologies for several blockbusters in the WarCraft franchise. Before Blizzard, he was a Senior Software Scientist with MetaCreations, writing a number of seminal graphics applications, including: Kai′s Power Tools, Kai′s Photo Soap, Kai′s Photo Show, Bryce and Kai′s Power Goo, for which he received numerous industry accolades, including the 1996 PC Magazine "Graphics Software of the Year" award.
A classically trained musician, Andrea has degrees in composition, harmony and music theory, and he is an accomplished pianist and composer. His orchestration work on the cinematics for Blizzard′s Diablo II earned him the 2001 IGDA Game Developers Choice Award for "Excellence in Audio."
A native of Italy, Andrea has lived and worked in California since 1990.
Credited on 13 games
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| Lone Echo II (2021, Windows) | Head of Studio Research & Development |
| Lone Echo (2017, Windows) | Chief Technology Officer |
| Fat Princess: Adventures (2015, PlayStation 4) | Beta Test Crew |
| The Order: 1886 (2015, PlayStation 4) | Chief Technology Officer |
| God of War: Ghost of Sparta (2011, PlayStation 3) | Technical Director |
| God of War: Chains of Olympus (2008, PSP) | Technical Director |
| Daxter (2006, PSP) | Technical Director |
| WarCraft III: The Frozen Throne (2003, Windows) | Programming |
| WarCraft III: Reign of Chaos (Collector's Edition) (2002, Macintosh) | Programming |
| WarCraft III: Reign of Chaos (2002, Macintosh) | Programming |
| Diablo II (2000, Macintosh) | Additional Orchestration |
| Diablo II (Collector's Edition) (2000, Windows) | Additional Music |
| Diablo II (Saturn Spezial-Edition) (2000, Windows) | Additional Music |
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Frequent Collaborators
People- 9 games with Ru Weerasuriya
- 7 games with Michael Morhaime
- 7 games with Tracy W. Bush
- 6 games with Mark Skelton
- 6 games with John Chalfant
- 6 games with Garret Foster
- 6 games with Paul W. Sams
- 6 games with Dana Jan
- 6 games with Nathan Phail-Liff
- 6 games with Anthony Vitale
Companies
- 6 games with Blizzard Entertainment Inc.
- 6 games with Ready at Dawn Studios, LLC
- 5 games with Sony Interactive...
- 3 games with Sony Interactive...
- 3 games with Vivendi Games (UK) Limited
- 3 games with Activision Blizzard...
- 3 games with Cenega Czech s.r.o.
- 3 games with NBG EDV Handels- und Verlags GmbH
- 3 games with Activision Blizzard France SAS
- 3 games with Audiokinetic Inc.
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