Blair Thorburn

Blair Thorburn is an accomplished Game Design Director at Electronic Arts since November 2018, currently leading projects at Motive and previously at BioWare. With extensive experience in game design, Blair has held roles such as Associate Game Design Director and Systems Design Supervisor for Dragon Age, contributing to titles like Anthem "NEXT" and an unreleased open-world Star Wars game. Prior to EA, Blair worked with Capcom Vancouver as Senior Combat Designer and was a Senior Designer at Roadhouse Interactive. Early career experience includes roles at Slant Six Games, Rockstar North, and Codemasters, with a foundation in QA testing. Blair holds a BSc with distinction in Music Technology from the University of the West of Scotland.