Stieg Hedlund (born 1965 in Portland, Oregon) is a computer and video game designer, artist, writer, game producer and level designer. He has worked on many computer and video games in his career, and though he is best known for his work on RPGs, he has also created iconic contributions to each of the strategy, tactical shooter, beat-'em-up and action-adventure game genres. As design director at Perpetual Entertainment, he now works on MMORPGs with Gods & Heroes slated to release in 2006. 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1965 calendar). ... Nickname: City of Roses, Stumptown, Bridgetown Official website: http://www. ... This article is about computer and video games. ... A game designer is a person who designs games. ... A game artist is responsible for all of the aspects of game development that calls for visual art. ... The term writer can apply to anyone who creates a written work, but the word more usually designates those who write creatively or professionally, or those who have written in many different forms. ... A game producer is the person in charge of overseeing development of a video or computer game. ... A level designer is a person who creates levels, challenges or missions for computer and/or video games using a specific set of programs. ... Computer role-playing games (CRPGs), often shortened to simply (RPGs), are a type of video or computer game that uses traditional gameplay elements found in pen-and-paper role-playing games. ... Strategy games are typically board games, video or computer games with the players decision-making skills having a high significance in determining the outcome. ... Tactical shooters include games of the first-person shooter (FPS) and third-person shooter genre of video games that generally simulate non-fictional, squad-based combat. ... An Iggy Pop album where his band first becomes known as the Trolls,Iggy Pop,Whitey Kirst,Pete Marshall,Alex Kirst,LloydMoosemanRoberts ... Action-adventure games are video games that combine elements of the adventure game genre with various action elements. ... Founded in March 2002, Perpetual Entertainment is an American computer game and video game developer, publisher and operator of multiplayer and MMORPG games. ... Players interacting in Ultima Online. ... Gods & Heroes: Rome Rising (abbreviated as G&H) is the title of a MMORPG in development by Perpetual Entertainment which was announced on March 9, 2005. ...

Raised in the Chicago area, Hedlund contributed to and co-ran a small but successful minicomic during high school, and then became a professional pen & paper RPG designer in his teens. Hedlund began his career in the electronic entertainment field in 1987 at Infinity Software, a small publisher of games for the Macintosh, Commodore 64 and Amiga. He moved on to Koei in 1990, where he was resposible for a number of games including Liberty or Death. After working on an unreleased Lord of the Rings-based title for Electronic Arts, Hedlund went to work for the Sega Technical Institute in 1994, where he worked on titles like Die Hard Arcade, Comix Zone and The Ooze. Chicago (officially named the City of Chicago) is the third largest city in the United States (after New York City and Los Angeles), with an official population of 2,896,016, as of the 2000 census. ... A minicomic is a small, creator-published comic book, often photocopied and stapled or with a handmade binding. ... A role-playing game (RPG) is a type of game in which players assume the roles of characters and collaboratively create narratives. ... 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The first Macintosh computer, introduced in 1984, upgraded to a 512K Fat Mac. The Macintosh, or Mac, is a line of personal computers designed, developed, manufactured, and marketed by Apple Computer. ... For the hip hop group, see Commodore 64 (band). ... The original Amiga (1985) The Amiga is a family of home/personal computers originally developed by Amiga Corporation as an advanced game console. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... This article is about the year. ... Liberty or Death is the first game in the Koei historical simulation series. ... Dust jacket of the 1968 UK edition The Lord of the Rings is an epic fantasy story by J. R. R. Tolkien, a sequel to his earlier work, The Hobbit. ... EA redirects here. ... The Sega Technical Institute was a video game development division of Sega based in the United States, unlike the AM divisions which were based in Japan. ... 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ... Die Hard Arcade is a 1 or 2 player game in which the male and/or female characters fight through action-packed levels to save the presidents daughter from a band of terrorists. ... Screenshot from the start of Comix Zone. ... The Ooze is a Sega Genesis game, created by Sega in 1995. ...

In 1996, Hedlund went to work for Blizzard North as lead designer. He worked on Diablo II, StarCraft, the Diablo II: Lord of Destruction expansion pack and the original Diablo. Diablo II, released in 2000, remains one of the best-selling PC games of all time, in addition to being the recipient of many of the game industry's most prestigious awards. 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... Blizzard North is a division of Blizzard Entertainment. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... For the champion New Zealand bred race horse, see Starcraft (horse). ... An expansion pack is an addition to an existing game. ... El Diablo is the Spanish term for the Devil. ... See also: 1999 in video gaming, other events of 2000, 2001 in video gaming and the history of video games Events June 26 - International Game Developers Association renamed from Computer Game Developers Association Reuters reports that the Sony PlayStation 2 console will export controls by Trade Ministry of Japan since...

After leaving Blizzard, Hedlund worked for Ubisoft/ Red Storm Entertainment on games such as Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon 2 and Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Lockdown, as well as originating the concept of Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter before joining Perpetual in 2004. Ubisoft Entertainment (formerly Ubi Soft) is a computer and video game publisher and developer with headquarters in Montreuil, France. ... Red Storm Entertainment is a wholly owned subsidiary of Ubisoft Entertainment, specializing in PC games, console games, and related merchandise. ... Screenshot from the Xbox version of Ghost Recon 2 Tom Clancys Ghost Recon 2 (also known as Ghost Recon 2) was originally announced in a Ubisoft press release dated April 8, 2004, and was released in North America for the Xbox video game console on November 30, 2004. ... 2004 2004 in games 2003 in video gaming 2005 in video gaming Notable events of 2004 in video gaming. ...

External links

• MobyGames' rap sheet on Hedlund