Katie Malin

Hi! I’m a Senior Writer currently working at Turtle Rock Studios in Orange County, CA.
I’ve contributed my talents to three critically acclaimed games: Back 4 Blood (current),World of Warcraft (2019-2021), and Overwatch (2017-2019). I help everyone tell their best stories and direct voice actors.

Check out some samples of my writing.

Sometimes I talk about autism and how to succeed in the game industry, representation of women in games, and I’m an active advocate of the LGBT+ community which I served in an official capacity as a Communications Officer at Blizzard.

ABOUT ME

Armed with a journalism and film education from Chapman University, I spent several years working as a reporter and copywriter, during which I interviewed people with wildly different backgrounds to capture and share authentic stories about ordinary people who dared to do the extraordinary. In 2017, I landed an editor role on the Overwatch team, working with Lead Writer Michael Chu to create editorial pieces that waxed on the established backstories and feats of our diverse character cast. I took that treatment to World of Warcraft, where I crafted print content and directed videos showing off upcoming game features and storylines.

I moved to Turtle Rock Studios in 2021 to work on Back 4 Blood where I crafted mission scripts, cinematics, world building guides, and more along with voice directing our all-star cast to bring our post-apocalyptic world to life.

Outside of work you’ll most likely find me out adventuring with my wolf-lookalike Whiskey and motley crew of free spirits, slaying pixel dragons and enemy players, reading a new book or research paper, or working on a personal project.