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Brian Wood is Still Remembered

9/3/2012

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On September 3rd, 2010, Brian Wood, lead designer in the Company of Heroes franchise, was killed in a car accident. Since today is the 2 year anniversary of the incident, I wanted to commemorate his passing by reminding all of us the contributions he made in the video game world. Though he contributed to games such as Kohan II and Axis & Allies, the Company of Heroes line of games were his most notable (and most recent) achievements. In fact, just before his death, the online version of CoH went into beta. A few months later, it was shut down, never to be seen again. The cause for the shutdown was likely due to the fact that Relic had lost Brian's creative direction and input, and were not able to duplicate his work.


A true artist's work can not be duplicated. So thank you Brian for your contributions to the video game world. You've left your digital imprint, and though your time as a designer was way too short, your hard work will be seen and played for years to come. 

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