Josh Mosqueira, of Canadian-Mexican descent, played tabletop games Dungeons & Dragons and Warhammer 40,000 while growing up in Canada.
[1] Mosqueira with Phil Boulle and Stephane Brochu co-authored the Tribe 8 (1998) swords-and-sorcery fantasy role-playing game with a post-apocalyptic setting for Dream Pod 9.
[3] His first full-time job was with Relic Entertainment in Vancouver, where he worked on a variety of video games including Company of Heroes, Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War, and Far Cry.
[5] For his work on Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts in 2008, he earned an Elan Award for outstanding innovation in gaming.
[7] Two years later, Jay Wilson left Blizzard, and Mosqueira replaced him as Lead Designer of Diablo III.