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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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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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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.

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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.

PC Gamer

This year's Overwatch April Fool's event is a two week Underwatch mode which throws 'common sense off the nearest ledge'

"Physics will follow no rules."

PC Gamer

Overwatch's Nier Automata collab is here, but with no voice lines and a price higher than the action RPG it's based on, players aren't happy: "Hello Kitty got more than these folks"

It seems popular regardless, however

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Overwatch senior dev says using Steam player counts to dunk on multi-platform releases like Marathon is "big unemployed, maidenless behavior"

He's got a point

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Fortnite Showdown release date and what to expect

The Ice King returns.

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As the Marathon player count discourse reaches peak stupidity, Warframe and Overwatch devs speak up in solidarity: 'This is big unemployed, maidenless behavior'

'I tend to just laugh about SteamDB being used as a mic drop'.

PC Gamer

Steam game listing achieves knockoff singularity by aping Pokémon, Zelda, and even Overwatch designs with a shamelessness Palworld could only dream of

I don't feel good.

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Overwatch continues impressive run of collabs with NieR: Automata, and you can probably guess who 2B is

She can't keep getting away with this!

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Overwatch Season 1 is the "beginning of a comeback," Blizzard says as the hero shooter claws back fans: "You dream of these type of things"

The future's looking bright and distinctly furry

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Overwatch's grand revamp event is a suffocating blip in an otherwise successful return to form

Conquest should be fun, but it's more frustrating.

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Overwatch is getting a bunch of Nier: Automata skins and at this point I'm convinced support mains are the only ones spending money on this game

Another Kiriko and Mercy skin? Say it ain't so.

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The only thing more impressive than the speed in which I bought the Overwatch Sanrio skins is the speed that people have created cosplays for them

I've gotta admit, I'm amazed.

GamesRadar

First Persona, now Nier Automata - Overwatch is collecting the JRPG crossover icons like Infinity Stones, but fans aren't happy the same heroes keep getting skins

"Think of the poor Kiriko mains who went 5 seconds without a skin"

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"I'm sorry Winton": All it took was Overwatch cosmetics for new tank baddie Domina to send fans to the dark side in the shooter's ongoing faction wars event

Down bad Domina fans are helping Talon secure a victory, and it's not even close

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An Overwatch bug which allowed you to crash the game by typing in chat has been fixed, so don't make Blizzard regret letting you talk again: 'That bug accidentally made OW a safe place'

It's a blessing and a curse that chat's back.

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