William Haskins is an American video game developer who mainly worked in production and writing at KingsIsle Entertainment throughout his career with the company from 2005 to 2021. He began as Associate Producer in April 2005 during early development of Wizard101, and was promoted to Producer in October 2006. In February 2010, he was promoted to Senior Producer, in December 2013 to Executive Producer, and finally Vice President of Production in April 2020.[1] He was the lead producer for Wizard101 when it launched in 2008 and even provided additional writing for the game before fully becoming a part of the writing team by the time of the release of the Zafaria expansion, on top of his responsibilities as lead producer. Sometime before the release of Aquila in 2013, Haskins also began co-directing the game beside co-creator Josef T. Hall, though dropped this role before or after Khrysalis Part 2 in 2014. By the time of the development of Wizard City Underground in 2019, Haskins was once again co-directing on top of producing, now with VP of Product Management Craig Beers.[2] Haskins was the lead producer for Pirate101 upon launch, and by spring of 2014 was co-directing the game with Josef T. Hall, as he was doing with Wizard101.[3] Since his departure from KingsIsle, Haskins worked at WIMO Games as the company's VP of Production from 2021 until the company's closure in 2024.[1]
Credits[]
Wizard101 (2008–2020)[2]
- Wizard101 Launch Team (2008) – Production (Producer), Additional Writing[2]
- Wizard101 Celestia Expansion Live Team (2010) – Production (Senior Producer), Writers[2]
- Wizard101 Zafaria Expansion Live Team (2011) – Production (Senior Producer), Writers[2]
- Wizard101 Azteca Expansion Live Team (2012) – Production (Senior Producer), Writers[2]
- Wizard101 Aquila Expansion Live Team (2013) – Directed By (Senior Producer), Production, Writers[2]
- Wizard101 Khrysalis Expansion Live Team (2014) – Directed By (Executive Producer), Production, Writers[2]
- MMO Live Team - Polaris Expansion (2015) – Production (Executive Producer), Writers[2]
- MMO Live Team - Mirage Expansion (2016) – Production (Executive Producer), Writers[2]
- MMO Live Team - Empyrea Pt. 1 Expansion (2017) – Production (Executive Producer)[2]
- MMO Live Team - Wizard City Underground Expansion (2019) – Directed By (Executive Producer), Production[2]
- MMO Live Team - Karamelle Expansion (2020) – Directed By (VP of Production)[2]
- WizardBlox (2010) – Production[4]
- The Making of Wizard101 (2010)
- Pirate101 (2012–?)[3]
- Pirate101 Live Team (2012) – Production (Senior Producer)[3]
- Pirate101 Live Team - Spring 2014 – Directed By (Executive Producer), Production[3]
- Pirate101 Live Team - Summer 2014 – Directed By (Executive Producer), Production[3]
- Pirate101 Live Team - Winter 2014 – Directed By (Executive Producer), Production[3]
- Pirate101 Live Team - Summer 2015 – Directed By (Executive Producer), Production[3]
- Pirate101 Live Team 1.090 – Directed By (VP of Production), Production[3]
Sources[]
William Haskins interviewed in The Making of Wizard101.
- The Making of Wizard101 — "The Making of Wizard101"
- The Making of Wizard101 — "The Development of Wizard101"
- Creativity at KingsIsle on the KingsIsle Blog (May 1, 2014) (backup link)
- Wizard101 10th Anniversary ~ Part 1 on the KingsIsle Entertainment YouTube channel (May 15, 2018)
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