Josh Mosqueira

Josh Mosqueira-Asheim is a game designer of both tabletop games and video games. He is currently the game director for Diablo III at Blizzard Entertainment.[1]

Career

Josh Mosqueira got his start designing games in 1996 as a writer for White Wolf, when he co-wrote Constantinople by Night and Montreal by Night while serving in the Canadian army and finishing university.[1] Mosqueira, Phil Boulle, and Stephane Brochu designed the Tribe 8 (1998) swords-and-sorcery post-apocalyptic fantasy role-playing game for Dream Pod 9.[2]

Josh Mosqueira has also worked in the video game industry, including time at Relic, Vicarious Visions and Dream Mechanics, and time teaching and working as a freelance writer and designer.[3] He worked on Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War.[4] He worked at Ubisoft for just over two and a half years as creative director, working on Far Cry 3.[3] He joined Blizzard Entertainment in May 2011.[3] He was made the lead designer for the console version of Diablo III,[5] and in June 2013 became the game director for Diablo III on all platforms.[1] Mosqueira was the lead designer on the game Company of Heroes.[6] For his work on Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts, he was cited with an Elan Award for Outstanding innovation in gaming in 2008.[7]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Mosqueira, Josh (June 5, 2013). "Messages From Hell: The Future of Diablo III". Blizzard Entertainment.
  2. ↑ Shannon Appelcline (2011). Designers & Dragons. Mongoose Publishing. p. 273. ISBN 978-1-907702-58-7.
  3. 1 2 3 http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2013-06-06-josh-mosqueira-appointed-as-diablo-iii-game-director
  4. ↑ http://www.pcgamer.com/diablo-3-appoints-new-game-director/
  5. ↑ Schreier, Jason (2012-01-10). "Blizzard: Diablo III Is Coming To Consoles". Wired. Retrieved 2012-01-11.
  6. ↑ Scott, Ryan (July 2006). "Company of Heroes: Dawn of (World) War (II)". Computer Gaming World (264).
  7. ↑ Zacharias, Yvonne (2008-02-18). "Mass Effect dominates as game of the year: Science fiction video, made by Edmonton company, cleans up at Elan Awards". The Vancouver Sun. p. D1.

External links

Josh Mosqueira at MobyGames

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