Brian Holinka
Moby ID: 306602
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Before working in the games industry, Brian was a Communications Officer in the US Air Force. While serving, he spent his evenings developing the Battlefield 1942 mod, Desert Combat.
Due to the mod's popularity, Brian was able to join fellow DC developers in New York city to form Trauma Studios. Trauma Studios was later purchased by the original Battlefield 1942 developers, DICE, and became DICE NY. After EA purchased DICE, the NY studio was closed and DICE NY members founded THQ's NY studio, Kaos Studios.
Brian has worked as a programmer and designer on Kaos's debut title, Frontlines: Fuel of War but transitioned full time to designer on Kaos's final title Homefront. Following the closure of Kaos, Brian worked as Lead Multiplayer Designer at High Moon Studios on Transformers: Fall of Cybertron. He then moved on to Blizzard and currently works as the PvP designer on World of Warcraft.
Credited on 19 games
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| WarCraft Rumble (2023, iPad) | Blizzard Development Family |
| Diablo IV (2023, Windows) | Blizzard Development Family |
| Overwatch 2 (2022, Windows) | Blizzard Development Family |
| Diablo II: Resurrected (2021, Windows) | Blizzard Development Family |
| WarCraft III: Reforged (2020, Windows) | Blizzard Development Family |
| World of WarCraft: Battle for Azeroth (2018, Windows) | Additional Leadership |
| StarCraft: Remastered (2017, Windows) | Blizzard Development Family |
| StarCraft II: Nova Covert Ops - Mission Pack 3 (2016, Windows) | Blizzard Development Family |
| World of WarCraft: Legion (2016, Windows) | Design Sub-Leads |
| Overwatch (2016, Windows) | Additional Blizzard Contributions |
| StarCraft II: Legacy of the Void (2015, Windows) | Blizzard Development Family |
| Heroes of the Storm (2015, Windows) | Blizzard Development Family |
| World of WarCraft: Warlords of Draenor (2014, Windows) | Game Designers |
| Diablo III: Reaper of Souls - Ultimate Evil Edition (2014, PlayStation 4) | Blizzard Development Family |
| Diablo III: Reaper of Souls (2014, Windows) | Blizzard Development Family |
| Hearthstone: Heroes of WarCraft (2014, Windows) | Blizzard Development Family |
| Transformers: Fall of Cybertron (2012, PlayStation 3) | Designers |
| Homefront (2011, Windows) | Senior Designer, Multiplayer |
| Frontlines: Fuel of War (2008, Xbox 360) | Programmers |
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Frequent Collaborators
People- 16 games with Ryan Creasey
- 16 games with Peter Ty
- 16 games with Jay Maguire
- 16 games with Tom Twedell
- 16 games with Zachary Pfaff
- 16 games with Michael Fabay
- 16 games with Skye Knighton
- 16 games with Ryan Rodenbaugh
- 16 games with James Burroughs
- 16 games with Dusan Jan
Companies
- 16 games with Blizzard Entertainment Inc.
- 4 games with Firelight Technologies Pty. Ltd.
- 4 games with Epic Games Tools LLC
- 4 games with Valve Corporation
- 3 games with Liquid Violet Ltd.
- 3 games with L.A. Studios, Inc., The
- 3 games with OC3 Entertainment, Inc.
- 3 games with QLOC S.A.
- 3 games with GTXS Sound Group
- 3 games with Lemon Sky Animation Sdn Bhd
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