Chris Metzen Is Back At The Helm At WarCraft For Blizzard
Blizzard has revealed that longtime veteran Chris Metzen has returned to the company to work on WarCraft.
As reported by Video Games Chronicle, Blizzard shared this message on Twitter:
“We are excited to share that Chris Metzen has taken on a full-time role as Executive Creative Director of the Warcraft universe.
Right now, his main focus is supporting our World of Warcraft leadership in crafting the next generation of adventures.
Chris was instrumental in developing the foundations of the Warcraft universe, and we are thrilled for him to re-join our teams in shaping what’s to come.
At BlizzCon, he and the team will be sharing what we’ve been working on. We hope to see you there!”
Chris also shared his own message upon the announcement:
“It’s been amazing working on Warcraft again. Like coming home. The stories we’re developing right now – how the world unfolds over the next few years… Well, I can’t wait for y’all to see where we’re headed.
SOON… :)”
We had actually reported that Chris already returned to Blizzard last year. At the time, he had taken on the role of creative advisor for WarCraft. So this new report is about Metzen returning to the helm as essentially the man in charge of the WarCraft franchise.
Chris’ promotion comes at an interesting time for Blizzard, WarCraft itself has been somewhat stagnant. Blizzard has made no announcements of plans to make a WarCraft 4. The franchise’s continuing relevance today is thanks to its MMO spinoff, World of WarCraft.
While World of WarCraft continues to have an active user base, Blizzard failed to retain the interest of much of the fans who had returned to playing the game through the pandemic. It’s latest expansion, Dragonflight was critically well received, However,
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