One of the fathers of World of WarcraftChris Metzen, once again working on the Warcraft universe as a creative consultant after leaving Blizzard in 2016.
The news comes from Warcraft senior vice president and general manager, John Hight, who announced the partnership on Twitter. Hight said that Metzen will initially return to work on World of Warcraft, but over time “his work will expand to other projects in this burgeoning series.”
“Chris was one of the original members of the team that worked on the Warcraft universe when it started in 1994, and we’re excited to reunite him with the world he helped create,” the statement said. Hight’s father wrote.
Metzen has worked on the Warcraft universe for over 20 years, serving as the creative director of Warcraft III and senior vice president of story development and franchises for most of his time on WoW. He is the voice of many characters in Blizzard’s MMORPG, most notably the Horde leader Thrall, a role he has continued to take on since leaving Blizzard. But Metzen’s work at Blizzard isn’t limited to Warcraft. He was also the lead designer on StarCraftwork hard Diablo II, and more. Since leaving Blizzard, Metzen has founded his own tablet game company, Warlords play gamesand has continued to do voiceover work.
In light of the controversy surrounding an ongoing California state lawsuit since last year alleging a culture of harassment in the workplace of “guys” at Blizzard, Metzen has issued a statement apologizes “for my role in a culture that encourages harassment, inequality, and indifference.” He went on to say that he “has felt shock, disgust, and anger like many of you – and has had a hard time reconciling where I’ve known, loved and worked for a long time.” with the hard reality that has been presented over the past few days. It’s like staring at two completely different worlds.”
As for what other Warcraft “projects” Metzen will contribute beyond WoW, it’s no secret that Blizzard has been looking to expand the Warcraft universe into the mobile space in recent years. Warcraft Arclight Rumbleone The free game goes back to the strategic roots of the franchiseis currently in closed beta and will be the first mobile game in the franchise to appear, with recent reports pointing to multiple other Warcraft mobile projects have been canceled.
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