Yong Woo is a Blizzard employee, member of Team 5, and Senior Game Producer[1] for Hearthstone.[2] He is featured in the credits card of the same name.
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Yong Woo
As a producer on Blizzard Entertainment's Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft team, Yong Woo is responsible for managing the team’s schedule and keeping the project on track. He also works in Live Operations, making sure Hearthstone is running stably and that problems are handled expediently.
Woo joined Blizzard Entertainment in May 2009, serving as producer for the art and design team for StarCraft II Battle.net integration. Before arriving at Blizzard, he was involved in mobile startups, shipping the first phone with preloaded GPS enabled Google Maps in the U.S.
In addition to computer games, Woo's interests include board and card games like Netrunner, Race for the Galaxy, and Dominion. He’s also been known to dabble in triathlons as well as rock climbing.[3]
Notes
Before Hearthstone, Woo worked on Starcraft II and Diablo III.[4]
Trivia
- Woo can sometimes be found streaming his Hearthstone play on Twitch.
- Woo was the man most directly responsible for "pushing the button" to release the game's first adventure, Curse of Naxxramas.[5]
- On May 23, 2014, Woo hit level 60 with his first class, the priest, as part of his #PriestRevolution campaign.
- Woo joined Blizzard in mid 2009,[6] and in 2014 was awarded his five-year sword.[7] While interviewing for the position, Woo met Ben Brode, who was performing in full costume at that year's Guitar Hero competition.[8]
- As of December 2014, Woo is primarily a constructed player.[9]
- Woo grew up in Düsseldorf, Germany.[10]
Card art
The art for Yong Woo's credits card was created by Dan Scott.[11]
Gallery
  Leaving work after a busy week working on Hearthstone in 2014 |
  November 2014 |
  The team gather round to watch Yong Woo play |
  Woo's 5-year sword |
  Credits card artwork |
  Woo getting all dressed up for a night to remember in August 2016 |
References
- ↑ Hearthstone Fireside Chat Goblins vs Gnomes (BlizzCon 2014). (2014-11-07).
- ↑ Yong Woo on Twitch. Retrieved on 2014-05-24.
- ↑ Blizzard Press Center
- ↑ Yong Woo on Twitter. (2015-07-08).
- ↑ Ben Brode on Twitter. (2014-07-22).
- ↑ Yong Woo on Twitter. (2014-05-29).
- ↑ Yong Woo on Twitter. (2014-07-25).
- ↑ Yong Woo on Twitter. (2015-12-20).
- ↑ Yong Woo, live on stream. (2014-12-13).
- ↑ Yong Woo on Twitter. (2016-07-25).
- ↑ Official Battle.net Gallery.