Greg Street | |
|---|---|
 Street from 2009 BlizzCon | |
| Occupation | Video Game Developer |
| Employer | Fantastic Pixel Castle |
| Title | Studio Head & Game Director[1] |
| Website | askghostcrawler |
Greg Street is an American video game designer and former Head of Creative Development for Riot Games.[2]
Street was previously employed by Blizzard Entertainment as Lead Systems Designer on the award-winning MMORPG World of Warcraft, and is also known by his screen name "Ghostcrawler" on the World of Warcraft forums and his own Twitter account. Prior to being employed by Blizzard, Street worked as a marine biologist, eventually moving into the game design field. He also worked with Ensemble Studios on the Age of Empires series of real-time strategy games, during which period he was also known by the screen name "Deathshrimp".[3]
In November 2013 he announced on his personal Facebook that he was leaving Blizzard Entertainment to pursue a "great opportunity for something new and exciting."[4][5] In January 2014, it was announced that Greg Street had become the Lead Game Designer for Riot Games[6][7][8] and in August 2018, Street shared the news that he would become Head of Creative Development at Riot, through a tweet in which he stated he would not be working directly on League of Legends anymore.[9]
On 28 July 2021, Street's name came up in a photo-op in the infamous Cosby Room with Alex Afrasiabi, who was named in California State law suit against Activision-Blizzard for mistreating women at the company.[10]
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- ^ "Greg 'Ghostcrawler' Street Jumps from Blizzard to Riot Games". Forbes.
- ^ Omnivac, Angel (1998-12-09). "Greg "Deathshrimp" Ghostcrawler". Age of Kings Heaven. Archived from the original on 2019-01-20. Retrieved 2013-06-08.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2019-08-05. Retrieved 2013-11-27.
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- ^ http://www.linkedin.com/pub/greg-street/7/644/b35 [dead link]
- ^ "Greg "Ghostcrawler" Street now Lead Game Designer at Riot Games". 14 January 2014.
- ^ "Ghostcrawler is Now Lead Game Designer at Riot Games - MMO-Champion".
- ^ @Ghostcrawler (10 August 2018). "Friends, I am excited to share with you that several weeks ago I took on an expanded role as head of creative devel…" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ "Inside the Cosby Suite from the Activision Blizzard Lawsuit". 28 July 2021.