"Oh my god!": Asmongold reacts to Chris Metzen joining World of Warcraft development team

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Zack "Asmongold" is happy to hear that OG Warcraft developer Chris Metzen is joining the World of Warcraft team as a creative advisor after his retirement six years ago.

As a veteran MMO streamer on Twitch, Asmongold is a pillar of the World of Warcraft community. He has racked up over 6,000 hours of streaming time playing the game on his main channel, becoming one of the biggest content creators associated with the title.

In a recent livestream, the OTK co-founder read a tweet announcing the news of Metzen's return. After reading it, he exclaimed:

While reacting to the latest Elon Musk drama about the ElonJet ban, Asmongold caught wind of an announcement from John Hight, the General Manager of Warcraft at Blizzard Entertainment. The announcement was about Chris Metzen's return to the company to work on World of Warcraft.

At first, the streamer was in disbelief:

The Texan content creator immediately went on Twitter to check out the veracity of the news. Gradually, his incredulity changed to an expression of delight as he started reading the press release retweeted by World of Warcraft:

The press release notes Metzen's contributions towards forming the Warcraft universe in the 90s. It also recognized the value of his return to the company as a creative advisor on future World of Warcraft projects:

Asmongold was pleased with the development, saying:

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Here's how the Twitch star responded to an audience member who asked whether this would be good for the franchise:

The community took the news of Chris Metzen's return well, and Asmongold's reaction to the announcement was fully supported by most of his fans. Here are some fan reactions to the news:

World of Warcraft recently released a new expansion titled Dragonflight,