Jeff Kaplan
Veteran game designer known for leading World of Warcraft and Overwatch development at Blizzard; currently founder of Kintsugiyama and creator of The Legend of California.
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#493 – Jeff Kaplan: World of Warcraft, Overwatch, Blizzard, and Future of Gaming
Jeff Kaplan, legendary designer behind World of Warcraft and Overwatch, talks about his path from rejected writer and EverQuest obsessive to shaping Blizzard’s biggest worlds. He revisits WoW’s creation, Titan’s collapse, and Overwatch’s fast reinvention. He also gets into online toxicity, small-team creativity, and building The Legend of California.
