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Wizards of the Coast president is stepping down after just 2 years on the job

John Hight's looming departure was revealed just a week after Hasbro took a $56 million impairment arising from cancelled videogame projects.

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Wizards of the Coast boss steps down after just 2 years defined by Magic's Universes Beyond and D&D 5.5e, as parent Hasbro eats $56 million on canceled games

But "our upcoming 2027 video game slate, including Exodus and Warlock remains on track," Wizards of the Coast says

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WotC president says he'd 'love to have' a new Dungeons & Dragons MMO, but it would have to 'rethink what an MMO is in this day and age'

Seems easy enough.

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Wizards of the Coast boss and ex WoW dev would love a new D&D MMO, but says "the traditional model" Blizzard used "could use updating"

"We'll want to rethink what an MMO is in this day and age"

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WOTC chief would ‘love to see’ a D&D MMORPG—hopefully it’ll be set in the Forgotten Realms

Imagine the possibilities.

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After their Black Panther game got killed, 14 EA devs are fleeing to D&D house Wizards of the Coast to "incubate a new game" under Monolith vet and Shadow of Mordor boss

"Something very cool and new"

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Baldur's Gate 3 fans can expect more "premium games" from the D&D license holder going forward, but it won't rely solely on veteran devs, and will instead "make some bets on up-and-coming talent"

Wizards of the Coast is "going to do some experimental stuff"

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God of War 3 and Star Wars Jedi director is making a D&D game because his new studio wanted to "sink our teeth into something that's legendary, that's mythical"

Stig Asmussen says "the decision to go with D&D wasn't very difficult"

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"Of course" Baldur's Gate 4 is going to happen, Wizards of the Coast boss says, but that's not the D&D game Star Wars Jedi and God of War 3's director is working on

"This is not the successor to that game"

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Post-Larian Wizards of the Coast threatens us with more 'CRPGs that are going to be as serious as BG3'

I am… not confident.

PC Gamer

"We are going to do CRPGs that are going to be as serious as BG3," says Wizards of the Coast president, but Star Wars Jedi director's D&D action game is very different to Larian's RPG

Baldur's Gate 3's strengths and success are not lost on Wizards, president says

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Hasbro Appoints WoW GM John Hight as New President of Wizards of the Coast

Hasbro announced that it was appointing former World of Warcraft GM John Hight as the new president of Wizards of the Coast.

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Baldur's Gate 3 and D&D license owner Wizards of the Coast finds its new president in a World of Warcraft veteran of 12 years

John Hight is in charge of another massive fantasy franchise

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After 12 years at Blizzard, Warcraft general manager John Hight announces departure: 'I've been so honored to serve all of the heroes of Azeroth'

Hight's legacy at Blizzard will be the people he encouraged: "This goofy little guy saw my potential and gave me a shot."

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Another Warcraft movie isn't off the table if Blizzard finds a filmmaker who really gets it, but 'that's probably a pretty small list'

It didn't really work out last time.

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'We're not using generative AI within WoW' says franchise director John Hight, though the team's been using machine learning to cut out busywork

Digital machine learning tailors.

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World of Warcraft franchise director says Blizzard isn't using generative AI in the MMO

World of Warcraft franchise director John Hight says Blizzard Entertainment isn't using generative AI in its MMO.

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Reports of World of Warcraft's death may have been greatly exaggerated, as Blizzard's GM proudly wheels out a graph showing it's doing really well—but no hard numbers

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Against all odds, World of Warcraft's subscription price hasn't changed in 20 years: 'I'd rather have a big, healthy, happy audience' than risk driving players away with a price hike, Warcraft boss says

Blizzard isn't planning on changing the subscription fee anytime soon.

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'We're still evolving': World of Warcraft's new battle royale is part of Blizzard's plan for 're-envisioning what Warcraft means'

Plunderstorm could be the first of many limited-time modes.

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The state of WoW going into 2024: Blizzard had to deliver the best year ever for World of Warcraft, and it did

Dragonflight’s roaring success (and Classic's staying power) saved the 20-year-old MMO.

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