Paul Barnett is an English game designer who is a Global Product Director at Wargaming, working on their game '' World of Tanks''. Before that he worked at Electronic Arts' Office of the Chief Creative Officer and was the General Manager of Mythic Entertainment, a subsidiary of EA. Barnett had a lead role in developing EA's '' Warhammer Online'' MMO in Europe.

Career

In his 20s, Barnett started developing a text-based game, ''Legends of Terris'', which he finished after three years. At the time, it was the largest text-based game in Europe. After this, Barnett worked on other games, including ''Legends of Cosrin'' and ''Kingdom of Heroes''. ''Legends of Terris'' was launched on AOL in the UK in 1995, and in the US in 1996. AOL described the game as "

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/ref> He helped with the design of the massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) '' Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning'' under the direction of CEO Mark Jacobs and producer Jeff Hickman.

Speaking engagements

In February 2008, Barnett gave a talk at the European LIFT 08 conference. This talk was the highest watched video of the show, gaining over 50,000 views within 48 hours.LIFT star videos
/ref> His talks also received coverage in business media.