Looks like Blizzard has lost more than just Chris Metzen this week; MMO Champion reports that World of Warcraft Lead Quest Designer Craig Amai has departed that team. Adding to that are departure tweets from Senior Director of Story & Creative Development James Waugh and WoW Lead Character Artist Tyson Murphy.
Lest you think they’re all going to a startup — like, say, Pardo’s — do note that Murphy says he’s headed to Riot Games, and Amai says he’s just leaving WoW, “not necessarily Blizzard.”
After a lot of consideration, the time has come for me to move on from Blizzardhttps://t.co/ike0VCmInY pic.twitter.com/zdg4NPFC2F
— Tyson Murphy (@Tysmurph) September 7, 2016
https://twitter.com/Waughtang/status/776953003903373312
Meanwhile, BlizzardWatch notes that Metzen himself is getting a massive statue of himself and baby Winston (from Overwatch) in his honor.
So is it time to panic? Not really. As Amai put it,
And to put some of those worries aside, the WoW team is large and packed full of talent. There are always a few people shifting in and out.
— Craig Amai 💙 (@craig_amai) September 16, 2016
