The director of Overwatch, Jeff Kaplan, has announced today that he's leaving Blizzard Entertainment.
In a message on the Blizzard website and Twitter, Kaplan highlighted his 19 years as part of the company, where he originally started out back in 2002 as a designer on World of Warcraft, and thanked the fans and fellow developers:
https://twitter.com/realJeffkaplan1/status/1384566140014317569
Jeff's role will be taken up by 18-year Blizzard veteran Aaron Keller, who will act as director on Overwatch 2. Keller says "development is continuing at a good pace" on the game, and the team has "exciting reveals planned for this year and beyond as we ramp to launch," with more frequent updates on progress to be shared very soon.
"While I have no pretenses about filling Jeff’s shoes, I’m excited to step into the game director role and continue to be part of a team that’s putting all of its heart, talent, and focus into the next iteration of Overwatch, and I’m honored to continue serving this incredible community."
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[source news.blizzard.com]
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Blizzard seems to be going downhill and it looks like he’s getting out while he still can. At least, that’s how I interpret what’s going on here.
Surprised he lasted this long given Blizzard has existed in name only going on a decade now.
And another one is gone. They really shouldn't call it Blizzard anymore as it's just a shell of a once great company.
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