Michael Morhaime

To break the mold, sometimes you have to start over.

— Michael Morhaime

Asia is the founding land of competitive gaming.

— Michael Morhaime

We're thrilled to see eSports continue to grow in popularity around the world.

— Michael Morhaime

A 'Starcraft' showdown between humans and AI itself will be interesting.

— Michael Morhaime

BlizzCon is a great example of how positive and uplifting gaming can be.

— Michael Morhaime

Sacrificing high quality for speed, it just isn't worth it.

— Michael Morhaime

I'd been with Blizzard for almost 28 years when I stepped down.

— Michael Morhaime

Blizzcon is a Blizzard show. It's not an Activsion/Blizzard show.

— Michael Morhaime

'StarCraft II' is a really great game. It appeals to players on multiple different levels.

— Michael Morhaime

It was controversial when we were settling on what the races should be in 'Warcraft 3!'

— Michael Morhaime

When we look back, what we often find that's most lasting and meaningful from our experiences in games are the relationships we…

— Michael Morhaime

Activision is structured with independent studios and they give their independent studios quite a bit of autonomy.

— Michael Morhaime

The cool thing about 'Hearthstone' is, in terms of accessibility to competitive play, it's very accessible. Anybody can participate in these types…

— Michael Morhaime

I think at one point there were three television channels showing 'Starcraft' tournaments in South Korea. We were so unprepared for its…

— Michael Morhaime

I would say a lot of us here think being called a geek is cool. A lot of us at Blizzard identify…

— Michael Morhaime

I think if you're a small studio, you're living or dying by the success of the next project, it takes a lot…

— Michael Morhaime

We looked at the sales of 'Warcraft III,' which at the time was the bestselling PC game of all time, and we…

— Michael Morhaime

We created BlizzCon as a celebration of our global community, but not everyone can travel to the show, so the virtual ticket…

— Michael Morhaime

I think people are interested in watching what they know and what they care about, so as you have more people where…

— Michael Morhaime

I think every year we get better at running BlizzCon. The scale of the event is so large and I think people…

— Michael Morhaime

Our original mission and values consisted of four simple words that formed our foundation: 'We make great games.' We crafted that statement…

— Michael Morhaime

A lot of games that preceded 'Warcraft' made the assumption that this type of game wouldn't appeal outside the hard-core audience, so…

— Michael Morhaime

The great thing about 'World Of Warcraft' is that you can sit down in your lunch hour and do a couple of…

— Michael Morhaime

When we started Blizzard, we just wanted to make great games. What we realized is that the games we create are really…

— Michael Morhaime

At the time we started working on 'World of WarCraft,' I think there was a limiting belief in the games industry and…

— Michael Morhaime

We'd really like for BlizzCon to be something that the people who really really want to go, if this is something you're…

— Michael Morhaime

There is another person on the other end of the chatscreen. They're our friends, our brothers and sisters, our sons and daughters.…

— Michael Morhaime

I used to be the guy that sat in the back.

— Michael Morhaime

I have a great time playing 'Overwatch.'

— Michael Morhaime

Live streaming has been huge in eSports.

— Michael Morhaime

Focus is so important when you're making games.

— Michael Morhaime

The popularity of eSports was inevitable.

— Michael Morhaime

If you put smart creative people in a room together, great things are possible.

— Michael Morhaime

Ultimately the only way to win is to create great games.

— Michael Morhaime

I had no idea you could get an Emmy for creating a computer game.

— Michael Morhaime

I think that gaming is more fun when you're playing with people that you know.

— Michael Morhaime

We're always trying to improve and to make our games better.

— Michael Morhaime

BlizzCon will always feel like home to me.

— Michael Morhaime

'Starcraft' is a fairly strategic game with depth.

— Michael Morhaime

We've always had a cultural commitment to reach as many players as we could.

— Michael Morhaime