Samwise Didier Announces Retirement from Blizzard Entertainment after 32 Years
wowhead.comSenior Art Director Samwise Didier announced his retirement from Blizzard Entertainment today. Credited with creating Blizzard's art style and even coming up with the Warcraft name, for 32 years he lent pen and voice to bringing these worlds to life.
Beginning his career at Blizzard (then called Silicon & Synapse) after reading a terse newspaper ad in December of 1991 and being hired the very same day, Samwise since served as art director for each of Blizzard's major franchises, was credited as a producer of several games, and was further credited with creating Blizzard's distinctive house art style that has permeated the majority of their illustrations and games… but his contributions don't stop there.
He's lent his writing, music, and voice to bringing these fantastic worlds to life, and was even credited with coming up with the name Warcraft — based on his D&D character at the time. He also created the Pandaren, and both his name and likeness are sprinkled throughout each and every Blizzard game.
Alongside of his work on Blizzard games, Samwise is a great lover of metal music.
