Jeff Kaplan (Overwatch director) left Blizzard

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We want to let you know that Jeff Kaplan has decided to leave the company after a long and storied career here, and that Aaron Keller, a Blizzard veteran and founding member of the Overwatch team, will be stepping in as game director.

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New Leadership for Overwatch

New Leadership for Overwatch

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[steviestar3]

Interesting

 

[KLoWn]

My previous favourite company is just bleeding out at this point...

 

[Star-Lord]

Fuck noo :( i loved him

 

[Lashley]

Blizzard :(

 

[Deleted member 2840]

JEFF NO

 

[Lulu]

whoa

 

[--R]

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[Rodelero]

Hopefully not a bad sign for OW2. Guy must be exhausted with the experience of running such a big game for so long, especailly with it being in decline for a good while. Always seemed like a great face for the franchise though.

 

[Nocturnowl]

End of an era

 

[Ada]

oh shit, isn't OW2 his baby?

 

[Expy]

Welp.... That's a big one.

 

[SirKai]

Welp

 

[Perfect Chaos]

Damn, that's crazy. Jeff was a huge deal at Blizzard.

 

[Rover_]

damn... he was helming OW2.

 

[Rats]

Well, shit. Dude is a giant. Hope we hear about his next moves soon.

 

[turbobrick]

oh no

 

[xabbott]

Without Kaplan I have no faith in OW's future. :(

 

[TheChits]

That is actually pretty shocking. I figured he would want to see OW2 out at this point

 

[ZeoVGM]

WHAT.

 

[Wolf]

Whooooooooooooooooooooa, that's huge.

 

[thankyoumerzbow]

this sucks, hope the best for him wherever he ends up

 

[Dark Ninja]

Probably super burnt out. Every update video he looked worse.

 

[RedHeat]

Wow, this is massive. Doesn't bode well for Overwatch 2

 

[Acidote]

Big loss. Losing Tigole is massive.

I do not trust anyone else helming Overwatch now. After everything going on at Blizzard whoever is at the head will have a hard time earning my trust.

 

[Brazil]

It's dead, Jim

 

[Grimmjow]

Jeff is awesome. Hope he lands on his feet

 

[JoueurN1]

Oh no :(

 

[kodax_shc]

With Jeff gone Old Blizzard is pretty much dead now.

 

[VariantX]

Wha? Kind of sudden and I hope it was for his own reasons.

 

[ILikeFeet]

tuesday has been a rollercoaster so far

 

[--R]

Jeff's message.

 

[Javier]

Blizzard losing everyone.

 

[Kilic95]

Wrestle with Jeff, prepare for death

 

[Sanox]

Holy fuck not like there was much of Blizz left but this really is the end now


the fact that the suits of Acti Blizz will look at the last couple of years and how the company basically lost everyone that made Blizz what it is and they all think this this is fine and there is nothing wrong with the company is just crazy to me

 

[SplitYourInfinities]

Yeah not looking good for Overwatch. How the mighty have fallen.

 

[RAWRferal]

MEGATON

 

[Slayven]

OW 2 problems? Folks just don't leave in the middle of big projects unless there troubles inside or out.

 

[Neoxon]

Damn, he was basically the last of the old Blizzard. I wish him the best in his future endeavors.

I'm now worried for the future of Overwatch.

 

[NeoRaider]

WTF?? This CAN'T be real!

 

[MCD]

I was saying to my friends the other day on party chat:

If Jeff Kaplan left, you know the memes about OW is dead is real this time.

 

[Sargerus]

The last of the OG's.

 

[KorrZ]

One after the other recently at Blizzard.

Wish him well, and would love to see him team up with the other Blizzard vets over at Dreamhaven for something special.

 

[Ashrak]

I hope it won't affect OW2 too badly.

 

[Mr Spasiba]

Man doesn't want ANY smoke when OW2 drops.

 

[Rosur]

Guess OW 2 is gonna be cancelled soon then as well.

 

[NotLiquid]

Really gonna miss those video presentations that had all the energy of someone walking a fine line of extreme sincerity, and also reading a teleprompter with twenty executives behind the camera

 

[Noppie]

Good luck to Jeff, was a great figure and always had interesting stuff to say. Wonder where he'll end up.

Guess OW 2 is gonna be cancelled soon then as well.

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That's not how any of this works, lol.

 

[Shokunin]

Wow. What a huge departure and obvious red flags in regards to Blizzard and OW2.

 

[shotgunbob04]

This is the person whose face appears in my head when I think of Overwatch news. I used to watch all of his character/game update videos. Best of luck to Jeff!