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Peter Whalen is a Blizzard employee and Senior Game Designer on the Team 5 Team 5 (also known as Blizzard Team 5) are the Blizzard Entertainment development team responsible for Hearthstone. A "small and nimble" team of 15 members for much of the game s original development, the team has Hearthstone The Hearthstone icon Hearthstone (formerly known as Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft 1] 2]) is a free-to-play digital collectible card game from Blizzard Entertainment. It was first announced in a presentation by Rob Pardo at the development team.
Whalen joined the team in Jul. 2015. Prior to this, he is best known for creating the rogue-like deckbuilding RPG Dream Quest.
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As senior game designer for Blizzard Entertainment`s Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft, Peter Whalen works on numerous aspects of the initial designs, building the foundation for the digital card game⃢₀ₙs expansions and Adventures. He designs missions, mechanics, and applies liberal amounts of flavor. He also coordinates with the rest of the team to ensure a consistent vision for upcoming content.
Whalen joined the Hearthstone team in 2015. In his free time, he enjoys playing many different types of games. Blizzard⃢₀ₙs games are among his favorites, but he also enjoys discovering other card games, board games, RPGs, and strategy games.
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- Whalen was responsible for Renounce Darkness Renounce Darkness Set: Whispers of the Old Gods Type: Spell Class: Warlock Rarity: Epic Cost: 2 Abilities: Modify cost, Replace, Replace Hero Power Tags: Class-related, Hero Power-related, Random Replace your Hero Power and Warlock cards , as well as figuring out how to implement Kazakus Kazakus Set: Mean Streets of Gadgetzan Type: Minion Class: Mage, Priest, Warlock Tri-class: Kabal Rarity: Legendary Cost: 4 Attack: 3 Health: 3 Abilities: Battlecry, Generate Tags: Deck-related, Spell-generating Battlecry: If your deck has no duplicates, `s ability.
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- Prior to his joining Blizzard, Whalen`s Dream Quest was already being played by many members of the Hearthstone team, as well as some other Blizzard employees.