Bill Roper将于10月在上海参与2010年中国开发者大会，并作主题演讲。据称Bill Roper的演讲将主要涉及游戏工业的未来发展之路的问题上，这些观点将包含他的职业生涯和他对整个游戏行业的理解。

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Bill Roper是北方暴雪的创始人，曾参与了暴雪旗下数款超级游戏魔兽世界、暗黑破坏神和星际争霸等的制作，并于2003年离开暴雪。离开暴雪后的Bill Roper曾联合创办了Flagship Studios公司，打造出诸如Hellgate: London之类的游戏。从2008年开始Bill Roper就加盟了Cryptic Studios，并出任CC0，主导了Star Trek Online星际迷航等知名游戏。

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Bill Roper, the former Blizzard executive who now serves as chief creative officer for MMO developer Cryptic Studios, will deliver a keynote address at the 2010 Game Developers Conference China in Shanghai this December, event organizers announced today.

In his keynote presentation, Roper will “speak to the future of game development” in a wide-ranging speech on his career and views on the industry, according to an official statement.

Best known for the decade he spent at Blizzard, Roper was heavily involved in all of the studio’s franchises starting with its first PC game, WarCraft: Orcs & Humans, on which he served as producer. Over his time with Blizzard, he contributed in a variety of roles to StarCraft and Diablo as well, and became most associated with Diablo after becoming a VP at that series’ creator, Blizzard North.

After leaving Blizzard in 2003, Roper co-founded Flagship Studios, which produced the online action-RPG Hellgate: London before the company folded. Since late 2008 he has been the CCO at Cryptic Studios, the original developer of City of Heroes and now the company behind Champions Online and Star Trek Online.

“We are delighted to host such a luminary as Bill Roper for the keynote address,” said event director Meggan Scavio in a statement. “Bill’s expertise helps cement GDC China’s place as the essential event for learning, networking, and inspiration for the Chinese game development community.”

This year marks the third GDC China event, to be held from December 5 to 7 in Shanghai — more information on the event, which is created by the UBM TechWeb Game Network, as is this website, is available on the official event website.