Hamilton Chu

Hamilton Chu

Hamilton Chu is a former executive producer of the Team 5 Hearthstone development team. He is featured in the credits card of the same name.

On April 22, 2018, Chu announced on Twitter that April 20 was his last day at Blizzard. He is currently the CEO of Second Dinner.

Credits card

Official

As executive producer for Blizzard Entertainment's Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft, Hamilton Chu provides the leadership and direction necessary to deliver players a Blizzard-quality gaming experience. In his role, Chu is responsible for strategic planning and business operations, providing management support for the development leadership, and generally tanking issues for the team whenever necessary.

As head of Blizzard’s strategic initiatives group, his other duties include leading business operations for World of Warcraft and managing Blizzard’s creative development department. Before joining Blizzard Entertainment, Chu served as a producer on Halo and Halo 2 for Bungie before going on to sell his soul to the MBA gods.

In his spare time, Chu enjoys reading comics, writing stories, and pwning noobs of all shapes and sizes.

Trivia

• According to Ben Brode, most of the flavor text in the Whispers of the Old Gods set was written by Chu.
• Chu plays priest in World of Warcraft.

Gallery

Chu in 2013

Chu in 2014

Credits card artwork

Patch changes

• Patch 2.7.0.9166 (2015-06-15): Now listed as a member of Team 5, previously listed separately as an Executive Producer (section now removed).

External links

• Hamilton Chu on Twitter

Selected media

• Blizzcon 2013 - Hamilton Chu Tells Geek Legacy about Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft (2013-12-19)