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After 12 years on the firm, Warcraft common supervisor and SVP John Hight is departing the corporate for an unknown new endeavor.
In a submit on Twitter/X at present, Hight introduced his departure, thanking the group for its assist:
After 12 unimaginable years at Blizzard, I’ve determined to step away & begin a brand new quest.
It was a tricky determination, however I really feel like now could be nearly as good a time as any: Warcraft is in an incredible place because the universe turns 30.
I’ve been so honored to serve the entire heroes of Azeroth.
— John Hight (@JHight_Gamer) June 13, 2024
Hight joined Blizzard in 2011 as government producer and VP on World of Warcraft, earlier than being promoted to Warcraft GM in 2021. Throughout his tenure, he oversaw the launches of Mists of Pandaria, Warlords of Draenor, Legion, Battle for Azeroth, Shadowlands, and Dragonflight. He additionally was concerned within the releases of each Hearthstone and Warcraft Rumble, and the 2016 Warcraft movie. Previous to his time at Blizzard, Hight held management roles at EA, Atari, and Sony engaged on God of Struggle 3.
We chatted with Hight in regards to the Warcraft franchise only a few months in the past on the Sport Builders Convention. There, Hight expressed hesitation on the concept of Blizzard going all-in on the movie enterprise in the best way that different recreation studios have been, and confidence that World of Warcraft particularly would proceed to evolve “for one more 20 years” so long as it was in a position to hold adapting. He additionally defined intimately what Blizzard was and was NOT doing with AI expertise. And we attended his GDC speak about how Blizzard rebuilt its relationship with gamers after main participant dips all through the Shadowlands growth.
IGN has reached out to Blizzard to verify who shall be taking up Hight’s roll as Warcraft common supervisor.
Rebekah Valentine is a senior reporter for IGN. Received a narrative tip? Ship it to rvalentine@ign.com.
