position of leadership within Sigil and was given a role of creative consultant. Later years On July 6, 2012, Sony Online Entertainment announced the re-hiring of McQuaid to continue work on Vanguard including its free-to-play transition. On March 6, 2013, McQuaid announced that he had returned to working on EverQuest. On September 9, 2013, McQuaid released a statement saying that he had left SOE, but would continue to work with them. This news, coupled with a string of hints dropped throughout Twitter and various message board posts, led the community to believe that McQuaid intended to work on a true spiritual successor to EverQuest and Vanguard independently. On January 13, 2014, the game was announced as Visionary Realms' Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen alongside a Kickstarter campaign, with McQuaid served as Chief Creative Officer. McQuaid died at his home on November 18, 2019, aged 50. No public information about his cause of death has been released. References External links Brad McQuaid at MobyGames Official website of Visionary Realms 1969 births 2019 deaths American businesspeople American video game designers EverQuest Place of birth missing Place of death missing Sony Interactive Entertainment people Video game businesspeople