“A lot of games that preceded 'Warcraft' made the assumption that this type of game wouldn't appeal outside the hard-core audience, so that's what they targeted. We thought this type of game could appeal to more people if we made it easier to use.”

American video game developer and entrepreneur

Michael Morhaime is an American video game developer and entrepreneur. He is the founder and chief executive officer of Dreamhaven in Irvine, California. He is also known as the co-founder and former president of Blizzard Entertainment. Blizzard was founded in 1991 as Silicon & Synapse and later became a subsidiary of Vivendi Games, then Activision Blizzard. Morhaime served on the Vivendi Games executive committee from January 1999 until July 2008. His work is closely tied to the growth of major game companies and leadership in the video game industry.