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Our idea of Azeroth could have looked very different, because Jeff Kaplan said he 'really wanted WoW to be first-person' in its early days: 'I argued a lot for that'

We narrowly dodged an FPMMORPG craze.

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Jeff Kaplan is sick of hearing you demonize games you weren't going to play anyway: 'Shut the f**k up. No one cares. We don't need to hear that you weren't into it'

In a 10-hour stream of his studio's upcoming game, Kaplan said he's "bored" with compulsive online outrage.

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World of Warcraft would've been a first-person MMO in the EverQuest-inspired world of Overwatch's Jeff Kaplan: "I argued a lot for that"

Blizzard's MMO could've looked quite different

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Former Overwatch director has sage advice for those who complain about games they don't play: "Shut the f**k up"

"We don't need to hear that you weren't into it"

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Jeff Kaplan has choice words for players who just live to hate: "Shut the f— up"

Straight and to the point, the former Vice President of Blizzard calls bullshit on people who's existance depends on earning more internet upvotes.

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'It was supposed to be the greatest time ever': Jeff Kaplan only got 6 weeks to come up with and pitch Overwatch: 'We were probably the most demoralised we'd ever been'

Overwatch beat out an intergalactic RPG and a StarCraft MMO.

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‘We’re done here’: Former Overwatch director Jeff Kaplan explains sudden departure from Blizzard

The iconic developer behind Overwatch and World of Warcraft went in-depth on his abrupt exit from Blizzard in 2021.

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Former Overwatch director Jeff Kaplan's favorite hero is Reinhardt, and reveals his charge was inspired by Left 4 Dead 2: 'It's what separates a great Rein from a sh*tty one'

Kaplan says he prefers simple hero designs above all.

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"Typical hubris" led to one of WoW's "s**ttiest" quests, admits creator Jeff Kaplan, who thought he was a clever designer but was "actually a dips**t"

Jeff from the Overwatch team, how could you?

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Ex-Overwatch director says Blizzard threatened to lay off 1,000 devs if the game didn't make enough money, and blame him for it — "the biggest 'F*** you' moment I had in my career"

Years after his departure from Blizzard, former Overwatch director Jeff Kaplan has revealed why he left the studio, citing layoff threats over revenue.

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WoW's questing system was inspired by a playtest that didn't work out as planned, because the testers didn't play MMOs and had no idea what they were supposed to do: 'I ran out of quests right away!'

"And we're like, wait a second, you just expect to have quests keep going?"

PC Gamer

Jeff Kaplan calls Overwatch 2 "one of my biggest mistakes," names devs who "didn't like PvP" and executive pressure as reasons for troubled development

He learned the hard way about putting a timeline in front of a higher-up

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Blizzard's canceled World of Warcraft follow-up was a "1 server, 1 world" MMO with GTA and Animal Crossing influences, ex dev says, but it was so big it "could never ship"

Project Titan was a "gargantuan, huge undertaking" that eventually paved the way for Overwatch

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Ever complained about Overwatch matchmaking? There's a chance Jeff Kaplan checked your account and all he has to say is: 'There's gotta be winners and there's gotta be losers'

In short: git gud.

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A terrible quest in vanilla WoW 'holds a really special place in my heart', says Jeff Kaplan, but was also 'the hubris of a junior game designer who thinks he's clever but is actually a dipsh*t'

"I'm just sh*tting up their inventory with all these pages."

PC Gamer

One of Jeff Kaplan's 'regrets about Overwatch' was making it so team-orientated: 'I would downplay the team factor and try to put more focus on individual contribution'

The worst part of multiplayer games are all the other players.

PC Gamer

WoW's Horde/Alliance split was 'really controversial', says Jeff Kaplan, to the point where it was only locked in 9-12 months before the game's launch

"He liked the fact you were instantly on a team."

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"It felt surreal": Overwatch co-creator allegedly left Blizzard after a former exec said he'd be responsible for 1,000 layoffs if the shooter didn't hit financial targets

Jeff Kaplan remembers "that was the biggest f**k you moment I had in my career"

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The Legend of California by Overwatch director Jeff Kaplan aims to redefine survival crafting into art

Not just another Rust clone.

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Overwatch co-creator Jeff Kaplan on his exit from Activision Blizzard: 'It was the biggest f**k you moment I've had in my career'

Overwatch League was instrumental in sending Overwatch off the rails.

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The Fantastic Four: First Steps Review: What Superman Does So Right, The MCU’s Latest Gets Wrong

The latest MCU movie suffers from being all plot, no story.

Total Film

The Fantastic Four: First Steps trailer Easter eggs – The 12 Marvel nods we spotted, from the Fantasticar to the Baxter Building

There's a lot to break down in the first Fantastic Four trailer

Total Film

Marvel has changed a key detail about Wiccan, but you probably didn't realize

"They need to explain all this to people with zero comics context"

PC Gamer

'Overwatch 2' is a failed idea

Blizzard has spent four years selling an Overwatch 2 that's never happening.

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Marvel's Fantastic Four Reboot Has Made A Big Behind-The-Scenes Change With Some Avatar Talent

The MCU’s Fantastic Four reboot is coming along nicely, and now some Avatar talent has been added behind the scenes.

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