James Phinney
ArenaNet Design Director
James Phinney was the Design Director of ArenaNet, and he was the Lead Designer for Guild Wars. Prior to joining ArenaNet, he worked on such titles as Sacrifice, Diablo, Warcraft II, and StarCraft, for which he was both Lead Designer and Producer. In 2007, he was named one of the Top 20 Most Influential People in the MMO Industry by Beckett Massive Online Gamer magazine.
