Personnel file · game mission designer

Zack Ganous

Senior Mission Designer

Eight shipped Call of Duty titles across eleven years at Raven Software — scripting, level design, and cinematic sequencing. Now crafting missions at Blizzard Entertainment.

ScriptingLevel designCinematic sequencingSystems & tools

Service record

8 shipped · 2013 — present
Unannounced
Blizzard Entertainment · 2026 —
Classified
Senior Mission Designer. Details available post-announcement.
BlizzardIn development
Call of Duty · 2024
Black Ops 6
Lead scripter & mission driver on High Rollers; outpost AI & encounter logic on the open-world Hunting Season.
RavenCampaign
Call of Duty · 2021
Vanguard
Level design on Numa Numa Trail — opening stealth sections and the tunnel descent into the airfield plane theft.
RavenCampaign
Call of Duty · 2020
Black Ops Cold War
Operation Chaos & Ashes to Ashes scripting and level design; built the MapTranslator tool during the mid-project engine migration.
RavenCampaignTool
Call of Duty · 2018
Black Ops 4
Level designer on Blackout — COD's first Battle Royale. Designed the update-one western town and large sections of Blackout Alcatraz.
RavenBattle Royale
Call of Duty · 2017
WWII
Level design & cinematic scripting on Ambush (airfield & base) and The Rhine, including the bridge-destruction sequence.
RavenCampaign
Call of Duty · 2016
Infinite Warfare
Designed the ship-assault mission Operation D-Con.
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Call of Duty Online · 2014 — 2015
Hero Ops & Zombies
Hero Ops story content; Zombies scripting — new AI types and the Deathmarch APC-escort boss mode.
RavenF2P / Online
Call of Duty · 2014
Advanced Warfare
Mission designer on the campaign mission Throttle.
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Timeline

2026 — present
Blizzard Entertainment
Senior Mission Designer
Nov 2013 — Jul 2025
Raven Software
Junior Designer → Associate Designer → Mid-level Designer · 8 shipped Call of Duty titles
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