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GAME DESIGNER

Chris Metzen

1973 - Today

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Christopher Vincent Metzen (born November 22, 1973) is an American game designer, artist, voice actor, and author known for his work creating the fictional universes and scripts for Blizzard Entertainment's three major award-winning media franchises: Warcraft, Diablo and StarCraft. Metzen was hired by Blizzard Entertainment as an animator and an artist; his first work for the company was with the video game Justice League Task Force. Metzen was the Senior Vice President of Story and Franchise Development at Blizzard Entertainment and assisted the company's projects by providing voice talent for a number of characters, most notably the orc character Thrall, as well as contributing to artistic character design. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Chris Metzen has received more than 1,318,764 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Chris Metzen is the 56th most popular game designer (down from 52nd in 2019), the 13,606th most popular biography from United States (down from 12,891st in 2019) and the 21st most popular American Game Designer.

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  • 1.3M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 34.96

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.89

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.97

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among GAME DESIGNERS

Among game designers, Chris Metzen ranks 56 out of 56. Before him are Michael Morhaime, Jordan Mechner, Mark Cerny, John Tobias, Neil Druckmann, and Éric Chahi. After him are Chris Sawyer, Tom Hall, American McGee, Jeff Kaplan, Matt Harding, and Johan Andersson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1973, Chris Metzen ranks 563. Before him are Leander Paes, Nikolai Khabibulin, Olena Zubrilova, Dileep Rao, Takafumi Ogura, and Eric Lange. After him are Jenny Thompson, Michael Finley, Sergey Makarov, Malaika Arora, Peter Heine Nielsen, and Jakob Piil.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Chris Metzen ranks 13,606 out of 18,182. Before him are Ann E. Todd (1931), Karlie Kloss (1992), T-Pain (1985), Michele Merkin (1975), Gunning Bedford Jr. (1747), and Nick Zano (1978). After him are John Ingle (1928), Sully Erna (1968), Jason Marsden (1975), Jay Gould II (1888), Seth Curry (1990), and Fiona Dourif (1981).

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Among GAME DESIGNERS In United States

Among game designers born in United States, Chris Metzen ranks 21. Before him are Tim Schafer (1967), Todd Howard (1971), Michael Morhaime (1967), Jordan Mechner (1964), Mark Cerny (1964), and John Tobias (1969). After him are Tom Hall (1964), American McGee (1972), Jeff Kaplan (1972), and Matt Harding (1976).

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