The former director of Overwatch and a veteran of the gaming industry, Jeff Kaplan, recently revealed the reasons behind his departure from Blizzard during an in-depth interview. In it, Kaplan explains how high expectations surrounding esports and sequel development, alongside intense demands from C-suite executives that “broke him”.
In a podcast episode with Lex Friedman (which runs over five hours), Kaplan goes in-depth on his time at Blizzard, running up to the events leading to his sudden departure in 2021, when Overwatch 2 was still in development.
