World of Warcraft Director Moves to Next-gen MMO Project
Revealed through a post on Blizzard’s forum, Jeff Kaplan has left his post as the director of insanely popular MMO World of Warcraft to move to the studio’s unannounced next-gen MMO.
“World of Warcraft has been such a central part of my life these past six and a half years, and it’s success would not have been possible without the tremendous community around it, so I wanted to say thank you to all our players who’ve shared this amazing experience with us so far,” he wrote.
Kaplan added that he will still be involved in WoW’s future, though Tom Chilton and J. Allen Brac will now handle day-to-day operations.
“When all is said and done, WoW is still my favorite game. I play it every day. None of that passion is gone,” he wrote. “If anything, it fuels the challenge of making our next MMO even better. We know we have some big shoes to fill.”
World of Warcraft is still going strong with over 11.5 million active subscribers worldwide.
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