Jeff Kaplan
Game designer; World of Warcraft quest designer and Overwatch director at Blizzard; founded Kintsugiyama.
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- Jeff Kaplan is an American game designer.
- He joined Blizzard Entertainment in 2002 as one of the first two quest designers on World of Warcraft, later became its game director, and stepped down in 2009 to work on the cancelled project Titan.
- From its remains he and Chris Metzen made Overwatch (2016), which he led as director.
- Blizzard announced his departure on April 20, 2021, after 19 years.
- He founded the independent studio Kintsugiyama, which is making The Legend of California, a gold-rush-era survival shooter published by Dreamhaven.
Key facts
- Blizzard
- From 2002 to April 2021: World of Warcraft quest designer, then game director; lead director of Overwatch; vice president1
- Studio
- Kintsugiyama, game director of The Legend of California2
- Education
- Creative writing, University of Southern California; graduate degree in creative writing, New York University1
- First interview after Blizzard
- Lex Fridman Podcast, March 20261
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