1. Brad McQuaid was an American video game designer who was the key designer of EverQuest, a highly successful massively multiplayer online role-playing game released in 1999.
13 Facts About Brad McQuaid
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Brad McQuaid later co-founded Sigil Games Online where he was CEO and executive producer of Vanguard: Saga of Heroes until Sony Online Entertainment's acquisition of Sigil Games Online in May 2007.
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On July 6,2012, SOE announced the re-hiring of McQuaid to continue his work on Vanguard.
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On January 13,2014, Brad McQuaid announced his role of Chief Creative Officer at Visionary Realms, Inc for the PC MMORPG, Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen.
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Brad McQuaid's start in the video game industry came in 1989 when he co-founded MicroGenesis with Steve Clover.
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Brad McQuaid started as the project's lead programmer but was made the producer and one of the lead designers.
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Brad McQuaid left Sony to create Sigil Games with fellow game designer and EverQuest development team member Jeff Butler in January 2002.
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Several years later, Brad McQuaid announced that Sigil would release a new next generation MMORPG.
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Brad McQuaid resigned from his position of leadership within Sigil and was given a role of creative consultant.
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On July 6,2012, Sony Online Entertainment announced the re-hiring of Brad McQuaid to continue work on Vanguard including its free-to-play transition.
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On March 6,2013, Brad McQuaid announced that he had returned to working on EverQuest.
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On September 9,2013, Brad McQuaid released a statement saying that he had left SOE, but would continue to work with them.
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Brad McQuaid died at his home on November 18,2019, aged 50.