15 Facts About Leonard Boyarsky

Leonard Boyarsky is an American computer game designer and visual artist.

Leonard Boyarsky is one of the key designers of the video games Fallout and Diablo III.

Leonard Boyarsky has cited Wizardry and Lands of Lore: The Throne of Chaos as being his favorite video games, albeit admittedly he was more into comic books when first entering the industry.

Leonard Boyarsky was in charge of the conceptualization and implementation of 2D and 3D sprites.

Leonard Boyarsky recalls suggesting the post-apocalyptic setting, as he and Anderson were both huge Mad Max 2 fans.

Leonard Boyarsky was adamant about not making a fantasy game, due to the large number of fantasy RPGs in the market.

Leonard Boyarsky had different roles at Troika Games; among others he was project leader, art director, designer-writer and CEO.

Leonard Boyarsky was the project leader and art director on Troika's last released game in late 2004, Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines.

Leonard Boyarsky worked on an untitled post-apocalyptic game which was never released due to financial trouble, though a demonstration video of the engine was later released for the public.

Leonard Boyarsky was later asked by Blizzard Entertainment to work on the story and RPG elements on Diablo III.

Leonard Boyarsky worked as lead world designer on Diablo III and its subsequent expansion Diablo III: Reaper of Souls at Blizzard Entertainment.

Leonard Boyarsky's role included fleshing out the lore, dialogue and quests in the game.

Leonard Boyarsky found it important to build upon the story elements of the Diablo franchise, and covey its intricacies in a more compelling way.

Subsequently, Leonard Boyarsky would go on make several public appearances and became somewhat of a spokesperson for the lore and story aspects of Diablo III.

Leonard Boyarsky was affectionately known as 'LeBo' in the Diablo fan community.