Matt Burns

Matt "Burnzerker" Burns is a senior writer,^[1] associate publishing developer^[2] and story developer^[3] for Blizzard Entertainment. He has written for the company's Warcraft, StarCraft, Diablo, Hearthstone, and Overwatch settings.

He started writing at Blizzard during Wrath of the Lich King, with his first assignment being the Violet Hold backstory on the old World of Warcraft website.^[4]

Bibliography[]

Warcraft[]

This section concerns content related to the original World of Warcraft.

Fire and Iron (2011)
Charge of the Aspects (2011)
Bleeding Sun (2013)
The Jade Hunters (2014)
Apocrypha (2015)
World of Warcraft: Chronicle Volume 1 (2015) shared with Chris Metzen and Robert Brooks
Magni: Fault Lines (2016)
Nightborne: Twilight of Suramar (2016)
World of Warcraft: Chronicle Volume 2 (2017) shared with Chris Metzen and Robert Brooks
World of Warcraft: Chronicle Volume 3 (2018) shared with Chris Metzen and Robert Brooks
Magni: The Speaker (2018)
Blizzard Cosplay (2018)
Mechagon (2019)

Diablo[]

This section concerns content exclusive to the Diablo franchise.

Unyielding (2012)
Doubtwalker (2012)
Book of Tyrael (2013)
Book of Adria: A Diablo Bestiary (2018)

Hearthstone[]

This section contains information exclusive to Hearthstone and is considered non-canon.

Forest for the Weary (2017)

Overwatch[]

This section concerns content exclusive to Overwatch.

Dragon Slayer (2016)
Junkenstein (2016)
Binary (2017)
Retribution (2018)
Shooting Star (2018)

StarCraft[]

This section concerns content exclusive to the StarCraft franchise.

Trivia[]

Burns' main character in World of Warcraft is a dwarf warlock.^[5]^[6]

References[]

^ Matt Burns' Twitter account description - "Senior writer and Keeper of the Fabled Plate of Plastic Chili Shrimp at Blizzard Entertainment. All tweets are my own opinion."
^ Blizzplanet Review – Diablo III: Book of Tyrael
^ Blizzard on Social Media. Blizzard Entertainment. Retrieved on 2014-05-20.
^ Matt Burns on Twitter - "Wrath was when I first started writing for Blizzard. Specifically, I think my first assignment was the Violet Hold backstory/description on the old wow website. :P"
^ Matt Burns on Twitter: "I hope not. What about my poor dwarf warlock. :( TBH, though, not sure."
^ Matt Burns on Twitter: "I'm not sure who worked on that. But my main is a warlock and I've been living it so far!"

External links[]

Twitter account

[1] Matt Burns' Twitter account description - "Senior writer and Keeper of the Fabled Plate of Plastic Chili Shrimp at Blizzard Entertainment. All tweets are my own opinion."

[2] Blizzplanet Review – Diablo III: Book of Tyrael

[3] Blizzard on Social Media. Blizzard Entertainment. Retrieved on 2014-05-20.

[4] Matt Burns on Twitter - "Wrath was when I first started writing for Blizzard. Specifically, I think my first assignment was the Violet Hold backstory/description on the old wow website. :P"

[5] Matt Burns on Twitter: "I hope not. What about my poor dwarf warlock. :( TBH, though, not sure."

[6] Matt Burns on Twitter: "I'm not sure who worked on that. But my main is a warlock and I've been living it so far!"

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