Legendary game designer Chris Metzen hasofficially returned to Blizzardin a full-time role. He will now serve as the Executive Creative Director of theWarcraftuniverse with a main focus onWorld of Warcraftin particular. According to the announcement, Metzen will be at the upcomingBlizzCon 2023to share what’s next for theWarcraftuniverse. At previous BlizzCon’s Metzen was often the one to reveal new expansions, which fans have surely missed.
ForWarcraftfans, this is amazing news. Metzen was instrumental in creating the overall story, world-building, and creative design of theWarcraftuniverse. He created the original story concept and script of the popular RTSWarcraft 3. WithWorld of Warcrafthe continued to work on the script and story of the MMORPG while also creating artwork and doing voice work for the title. He’s well known for doing the voice of Thrall, the main Orc character inWarcraft.
Metzen left Blizzardback in 2016, only toreturn as a Creative Advisorat the end of last year. It appears that since then his role has grown from advisor to full-time Executive Creative Director.
World of Warcraft’sstory has been a bit all over the place as of late, so hopefully Metzen can get it back on the right path. Blizzard is expected to reveal its new expansion at BlizzCon 2023 in early November. Surely Metzen has had a big role in shaping that expansion and will more than likely be the one to announce it.
