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Brad McQuaid
Video game designer
Known forEverQuest

Brad McQuaid (April 25, 1969 – November 18, 2019)

Sony Online Entertainment's acquisition of Sigil Games Online in May 2007. On July 6, 2012, SOE announced the re-hiring of McQuaid to continue his work on Vanguard. On January 13, 2014, McQuaid announced his role of Chief Creative Officer at Visionary Realms, Inc. for the PC MMORPG, Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen
.

Biography

EverQuest

Brad McQuaid's start in the

Sony Interactive Studios America. Smedley hired McQuaid and Clover in 1996 to work on an online role-playing game, later named EverQuest
.

McQuaid started as the project's

Chief Creative Officer
.

Vanguard: Saga of Heroes

He left Sony to create

Sigil Games with fellow game designer and EverQuest development team member Jeff Butler in January 2002. Several years later, McQuaid announced that Sigil would release a new next generation MMORPG. This game was given the name Vanguard: Saga of Heroes
.

The game was released to the public in January 2007, five years after Sigil was founded. Brad McQuaid admitted that the game was not ready in January but was released early due to "financial resources".Full quote

On May 15, 2007, Sony Online Entertainment officially announced that it had purchased the key assets of Sigil Games Online. Brad McQuaid resigned from his position of leadership within Sigil and was given a role of creative consultant.

Later years

On July 6, 2012, Sony Online Entertainment announced the re-hiring of McQuaid to continue work on Vanguard including its free-to-play transition.[3]

On March 6, 2013, McQuaid announced that he had returned to working on EverQuest.[4]

On September 9, 2013, McQuaid released a statement saying that he had left SOE, but would continue to work with them. This news, coupled with a string of hints dropped throughout Twitter and various message board posts, led the community to believe that McQuaid intended to work on a true spiritual successor to EverQuest and Vanguard independently. On January 13, 2014, the game was announced as Visionary Realms' Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen alongside a Kickstarter campaign, with McQuaid served as Chief Creative Officer.[5][6]

McQuaid died at his home on November 18, 2019, aged 50. No public information about his cause of death has been released.[7][8]

References

  1. ^ "With Deepest Regrets, Aradune has passed away - Pantheon Forums". www.pantheonmmo.com.
  2. PC Gamer
    . November 2000. "Meet the Next Game Gods".
  3. ^ "Vanguard Players". July 8, 2012. Archived from the original on July 8, 2012.
  4. ^ McQuaid, Brad. "12 years? I feel so old :)". EverQuest Forums. Sony Online Entertainment. Archived from the original on 10 May 2013. Retrieved 9 March 2013.
  5. PC Gamer UK. Future plc
    . Retrieved 13 January 2014.
  6. ^ Meiling, Brittany (4 May 2017). "Developer Returns to the Challenge of the Big Game". San Diego Business Journal. Retrieved 5 July 2017.
  7. ^ Dean, Ben (19 November 2019). "With Deepest Regrets, Aradune has passed away". Retrieved 19 November 2019.
  8. ^ Prescott, Shaun (19 November 2019). "EverQuest and Pantheon developer Brad McQuaid has died". PC Gamer.

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