Speakers
Rob Pardo, Co-Founder & CEO, Bonfire Studios
Rob Pardo is the co-founder and CEO of independent video game development company Bonfire Studios. He is a renowned designer, best known for his influential career at Blizzard Entertainment, where he spent 17 years, ultimately serving as its Chief Creative Officer. During his tenure there, he was a key figure in the development of some of the most celebrated video game titles, including StarCraft II, Warcraft III and World of Warcraft. His significant contributions to the video game industry led to him being named one of the 100 most influential people in the world by Time magazine in 2006. In 2016, Pardo co-founded Bonfire Studios with a philosophy centered on creative independence and a passion for making games that the team itself loves to play. The studio’s first title is Arkheron, a team-based, competitive PvP game currently in an Alpha phase of development. As CEO, Pardo leads Bonfire with a goal of creating games that combine the thrill of competition with the warmth of community.