Michio Okamura is a computer game developer and artist. He was the lead artist for the popular computer game Diablo, and senior artist on Diablo II. Diablo is a Dark fantasy -themed Action role-playing game developed by Blizzard North and released by Blizzard Entertainment Diablo II, sequel to the game Diablo, is a Dark fantasy -themed Action role-playing game in a Hack and slash and " He designed many of the game's characters, including the title character. He is currently the Creative Director at U. I. Pacific. [1]
Biography
Okamura began his artistic career as a comic book artist on Reggie Byers' Shuriken, as well as Comico's adaptations of Robotech. Comico - The Comic Company was an American Comic book company headquartered in Norristown Pennsylvania. Robotech is a Science fiction franchise that was launched by an 85-episode adaptation of three different Anime Television series. Afterwards he joined Condor Inc. as an artist working on the Sega Genesis title Justice League Task Force. The is a 16-bit Video game console released by Sega in Japan in 1988 North America in 1989 and the PAL region in 1990
He worked at Blizzard North on the Diablo franchise for over a decade. Blizzard North was the Bay Area division of Blizzard Entertainment, known for the Diablo series He was the Lead Artist for the first version of Diablo and created the concept design for the majority of the characters and monsters in the game, including Diablo himself. Diablo is a Dark fantasy -themed Action role-playing game developed by Blizzard North and released by Blizzard Entertainment
On Diablo II, Okamura was a Senior Artist, and created character and monster concept designs, including the second incarnation of Diablo.
After Diablo II, Okamura worked as an Art Director establishing the pipeline and creative direction for several internal projects, and then joined Castaway Entertainment in 2004. Castaway Entertainment is a Video game developer. It was established by former employees of Blizzard Entertainment 's Blizzard North division the studio In 2005, he founded and was president of Hyboreal Games with former Blizzard North employees Eric Sexton and Steven Woo. Eric J Sexton, (born 1970 is a Computer game developer, an Artist and Animator on the popular Diablo games Hyboreal changed its name to U. I. Pacific, and as of 2007, Okamura is Creative Director.
Works
- Diablo II: Lord of Destruction (2001), Blizzard Entertainment Inc. Diablo II Lord of Destruction (commonly abbreviated LoD) is an Expansion pack for the Hack and slash Action role-playing
- Diablo II (2000), Blizzard Entertainment Inc. Diablo II, sequel to the game Diablo, is a Dark fantasy -themed Action role-playing game in a Hack and slash and "
- Diablo (1997), Blizzard Entertainment Inc. Diablo is a Dark fantasy -themed Action role-playing game developed by Blizzard North and released by Blizzard Entertainment
- Justice League Task Force (1995), Acclaim Entertainment, Inc.
References
- Hyboreal Games
- Michio Okamura at the Internet Movie Database
- MobyGames bio
- http://web.archive.org/web/20060216224057/hyborealgames.com/team.htm
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