Mohammad Alavi

Mohammad Alavi (, ) is an Iranian-American video game developer. He remains proud of his family's culture, and calls himself "An Iranian inside his heart". PC Gamer called Alavi "the designer behind two of the most acclaimed missions in Call of Duty history ("All Ghillied Up" and "No Russian")".

Alavi created his first professional levels for Call of Duty 2, including the potato-throwing grenade tutorial. The "tense and deliberately paced mission" was debuted in E3 2007. and "The Best Call Of Duty Mission Ever" in reviews. In 2011, Now Gamer ranked the level the 20th on its "Top 50 Gaming Moments". It was also ranked #13 in IGNs "Top 100 Video Game Moments". Alavi's script for AI in Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, ended up having value and formed the template for the next title of the series, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. The mission was described "Call of Dutys most controversial moment" by PC Gamer and GamesRadar named it "one of the 10 most shocking game moments of the 2000s."

Titanfall series In 2010, Alavi co-founded Titanfall'''s team in Respawn Entertainment alongside other former Call of Duty developers. He served as the senior map designer for the studio, and shot some motion capture footage as an actor. According to PC Gamer, its difficult to know the details of Alavi's design and scripting in the game, however his influence is apparent in "how Titanfalls on-map AI allies support the player". He also bore much responsibility for the game involving a narrative component at all, pushing for longer and different introductions to each campaign map. In order to convince that the feature can be achieved within budget, he designed an introduction for "Airbase" map in three days.

Alavi left Respawn Entertainment on January 10, 2022.

Wildlight Entertainment Alavi joined Wildlight Entertainment in January 2022. He is listed on the studio's website as the "Lead Designer", although his LinkedIn profile describes the role as "Sr. Sandwich Analyst". At The Game Awards 2025, Wildlight Entertainment officially announced their new game Highguard.

Games Call of Duty: United Offensive (2004) Call of Duty 2 (2005) Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (2007) Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (2009) Titanfall (2014) Titanfall 2 (2016) Apex Legends'' (2019)