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Diablo III designer and Fallout art director Leonard Boyarsky joins Obsidian

Veteran game designer and artist Leonard Boyarsky has left Blizzard to take on an unspecified role at Fallout: New Vegas and Alpha Protocol developer, Obsidian.

Chris Kerr, News Editor

April 13, 2016

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Newsbrief: Veteran game designer and artist Leonard Boyarsky has left Blizzard to take on an unspecified role at Fallout: New Vegas and Alpha Protocol developer, Obsidian. 

Boyarsky started his career as a freelancer for Interplay and Maxis in 1992, and eventually joined the Fallout developer on a permanent basis as art director. 

After six years Boyarsky left Interplay to form Troika Games with Tim Cain, now also at Obsidian, before shutting down the struggling studio and joining Blizzard a year later. 

During his time at Blizzard Boyarsky worked as the lead world designer on Diablo III. He confirmed his departure on Facebook.

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Chris Kerr

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Game Developer news editor Chris Kerr is an award-winning journalist and reporter with over a decade of experience in the game industry. His byline has appeared in notable print and digital publications including Edge, Stuff, Wireframe, International Business Times, and PocketGamer.biz. Throughout his career, Chris has covered major industry events including GDC, PAX Australia, Gamescom, Paris Games Week, and Develop Brighton. He has featured on the judging panel at The Develop Star Awards on multiple occasions and appeared on BBC Radio 5 Live to discuss breaking news.

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