Snowfall has introduced that Chris Metzen, a veteran Warcraft, StarCraft, and Diablo dressmaker, has returned to the corporate as an inventive consultant after a number of years away.
In a submit at the World of Warcraft website, Warcraft common supervisor John Hight mentioned “It’s with nice pleasure that I announce Chris Metzen has joined the Warcraft Management Crew as Ingenious Guide. Chris’s center of attention first of all might be on Global of Warcraft, then his paintings will increase to different initiatives throughout this rising franchise.
— John Hight (@JHight_Gamer) December 15, 2022
“Chris used to be probably the most authentic group individuals operating at the Warcraft universe again when it all started in 1994, and we’re so glad to be reuniting him with the arena he helped create.”
Metzen left Blizzard in 2016 after a virtually 23-year occupation with the corporate. He used to be instrumental within the advent of the Warcraft universe again within the mid-90s, and has since served as inventive director on a lot of Snowfall initiatives, together with his well-respected tenure as lead and author on Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos. He used to be additionally the writer of Overwatch’s Soldier 76, and is understood by way of lovers because the voice of Thrall, considered one of Warcraft’s maximum essential orc characters.
After leaving Snowfall, Metzen set up tabletop gaming company Warchief Gaming in 2020, which remaining 12 months introduced its first mission, Auroboros: Coils of the Serpent.
Metzen’s go back to Snowfall sees him reunited with the universe he created as an inventive consultant. Whilst the activity first of all sees him advising the Global of Warcraft group, he’ll sooner or later increase to assist different initiatives within the franchise (probably Hearthstone.)
Global of Warcraft has simply expanded once more with Dragonflight, which we described as “a sharply-written and breathtaking revel in for the primary few dozen hours, however suffers from reasonably threadbare endgame choices” in our review.
Matt Purslow is IGN’s UK Information and Options Editor.
