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Blizzard's CEO & Co-Founder Mike Morhaime Stepping Down Into an Advisory Position
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Blizzard's CEO & Co-Founder Mike Morhaime Stepping Down Into an Advisory Position - MMORPG.com News
Blizzard's CEO and Co-Founder Mike Morhaime is stepping down after 27 years with the company. World of Warcraft Executive Producer J. Allen Brack is stepping in as the new President of Blizzard Entertainment. Morhaime will remain with the company as an advisor. Chief Development Officer Ray Gresko & Blizzard's Founder Allen Adham have stepped on to the Executive Leadership Team.
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"May Your Head Explode And Blood Swell From The Wound"
- Hashcow
A wise move.
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Just trying to live long enough to play a new, released MMORPG, playing New Worlds atm
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Adivsor is a smart move as he will have some say over what direction everything goes. Stan Lee did it and helped maintain the integrity of the franchise. George Lucas didn't do it and SWs went all over the place even though he would drop by to offer advice.
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I've got the straight edge.
I've got the straight edge.
What politics?
This is a time when people like me take 2 week vacations while the kiss-asses and jerks in the company lose their minds.
So if he stays or goes i don't think it matters at all to the business.IMO the area that needs change and improvement are the individual teams behind the games design decisions,more importantly the LEAD hands.
IMO they put Wow in a worse place then recently made it even worse.Well now Hearthstone is also in a matter of one season taking a nosedive to where everyone is tired of the game.
What are their teams doing with the other games,NOTHING,everything is SALES gimmicks,buy this and get a free whatever or spend money in one game and get something from another game,everything except improve the actual gaming experience.
Even the Diablo series,is there ANYONE,even the most diehard Diablo fans that think Blizzard improved the series with D3?No of course not and they even managed to make that iteration worse.So now Blizzard is about to announce a new Diablo product,never mind improve what is there,just rehash the same name brand and make more instant sales from fanbois ready to buy it no matter what the game is like.
If you really pay attention to the entire Blizzard brand name of games,it could have been ANYONE as the CEO,the sales would happen anyhow because blizzard is a popular brand that entices streamers who also make games popular.
Never forget 3 mile Island and never trust a government official or company spokesman.
Hes just stirring the pot, as usual.
Gut Out!
What, me worry?
Can you actually read?I don`t say that blizzard is a fair or good company but still....
Blizzard will no longer offer employees the Blizzard Holiday Plan, a lucrative end-of-year bonus program, according to the Activision Blizzard 2018 Proxy Statment. It will instead, a rep said on Thursday, integrate that money into the base salary of employees.
^ This line makes me sad, because you can tell they really care about their players, but their players are some of the most toxic people I've ever played any games with. It's like 4Chan decided to use any and all Blizzard games as a halfway house, and just never left...lol