Blizzard Confirms Co-Founder's Departure

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Blizzard Confirms Co-Founder's Departure

Posted by simoniker on Sunday January 18, 2004 @06:14AM from the last-one-to-leave-should-turn-off-lights dept.

Thanks to GameSpot for its article confirming the resignation of Blizzard co-founder and vice president Allen Adham. This move comes after earlier high-profile departures from Blizzard in 2003, but a spokesperson "denied it was related to Vivendi's recent reaffirmation of ownership of the developer, as some have speculated.", but rather due to the "cumulative effects of 'working the long hours and doing the game crunch for many years'" GameSpy has further information, noting that Adham "...started coding games while studying at UCLA. The success of his first two games, Gunslinger and Demon's Forge, encouraged him to strike out with a new game company, Silicon & Synapse, which would eventually evolve into Blizzard in 1994." According to the spokesperson, Adham "plans to go back to school and move into the area of financial investment."

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Consider the Jihad by Anonymous Coward · 2004-01-18 13:22 · Score: -1, Troll

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