World of Warcraft’s lead designer joins Unity as creative adviser — and kicks off a world tour

Unity game developers and designers have a new ally — a top Blizzard chief.

Game development platform company Unity announced today that it has brought on former Blizzard chief creative officer Rob Pardo as creative adviser. Pardo was a lead designer on popular MMO World of Warcraft, as well as other StarCraft and Warcraft strategy games, and will now use his experience to guide and assist Unity’s developer community. He also oversaw the development of hit digital card battler Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft, which uses Unity, one of the industry’s most popular game-engine and tool platforms.