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. Metzen retired in September 2016 to spend more time with his family, but returned to the company as a creative advisor in December 2022. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Chris Metzen has received more than 1,312,003 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Chris Metzen is the 56th most popular game designer, the 13,492nd most popular biography from United States (up from 13,572nd in 2019) and the 20th most popular American Game Designer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.3M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 38.93

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.98

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.03

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Chris Metzens by language

Over the past year Chris Metzen has had the most page views in the with 185,337 views, followed by German (15,287), and Russian (13,430). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Portuguese (213.17%), Dutch (166.02%), and Ukrainian (104.43%)

Among GAME DESIGNERS

Among game designers, Chris Metzen ranks 56 out of 77. Before him are Jens Bergensten, Neil Druckmann, Yoko Taro, Naoto Ohshima, John Tobias, and Michel Ancel. After him are Mark Cerny, Goichi Suda, Éric Chahi, Chris Sawyer, Michael Morhaime, and Yoshiaki Koizumi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1973, Chris Metzen ranks 488. Before him are Olesia Zhurakivska, Muhammad Abdullaev, Harmony Korine, Matt Hughes, Alyaksandr Khatskevich, and Ferdinand Coly. After him are Troy Garity, Toshihiro Hattori, Tim Forsyth, Alexei Kovalev, Paz Lenchantin, and Rob Morgan.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Chris Metzen ranks 13,492 out of 20,380. Before him are Clifton Powell (1956), Johnathon Schaech (1969), Shelton Benjamin (1975), Eileen Davidson (1959), Ken Bowersox (1956), and Jordan Knight (1970). After him are Tom DiCillo (1953), Kate Upton (1992), Jackie Mason (1928), Erik Palladino (1968), Nadine Velazquez (1978), and Troy Garity (1973).

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Among GAME DESIGNERS In United States

Among game designers born in United States, Chris Metzen ranks 20. Before him are Roberta Williams (1953), Todd Howard (1971), Jordan Mechner (1964), Tim Schafer (1967), Amy Hennig (1964), and John Tobias (1969). After him are Mark Cerny (1964), Michael Morhaime (1967), Tom Hall (1964), Jeff Kaplan (1972), American McGee (1972), and Jonathan Blow (1971).

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