Blizzard has announced that Chris Metzen will return to World of Warcraft to take his place in the MMORPG rankings. Metzen, who joined Blizzard as an artist in 1994 and worked for the company for 23 years before retiring in 2016, will work as a “creative consultant” on World of Warcraft and plans to expand his role to other games in the future. .
Warcraft General Manager John Hight announced Metzen’s return. “Chris was one of the original members of the team behind the Warcraft universe when it debuted in 1994, and we’re thrilled to have reunited him with the world he helped create.” success wrote in a short statement.
Metzen originally joined Blizzard in 1994 to work as an artist on Warcraft: Orcs and Humans, supporting story development for the sequel to Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness. He lent his voice to many Warcraft and Starcraft games and served as Overwatch’s creative director during its development.
He is also one of Blizzard’s best-known personalities, credited with creating and maintaining the company’s culture and vision during his more than two decades with it.
Metzen left Blizzard along with other senior developers shortly after the release of the Legion expansion for World of Warcraft in 2016. Blizzard MMORPG development.
“Chris will initially focus on World of Warcraft and then his work will expand to other projects in this growing franchise,” Hite wrote.
Source : PC Gamesn
