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𝐉𝐄𝐅𝐅 𝐊𝐀𝐏𝐋𝐀𝐍 𝐓𝐀𝐋𝐊𝐒 𝐀𝐁𝐎𝐔𝐓 𝐇𝐈𝐒 𝐁𝐋𝐈𝐙𝐙𝐀𝐑𝐃 𝐃𝐄𝐏𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐔𝐑𝐄 Former WoW foundational developer Jeff Kaplan sat down with @lexfridman to discuss a wide range of topics, particularly his journey in game development and his time at Blizzard. Jeff went into a bit more detail about his departure from Blizzard while he was working on Overwatch. He explained that Overwatch eventually became focused on making money as quickly as possible. According to one former CFO, Overwatch needed to hit a specific revenue target (X amount of money). If it did not the company would lay off 1000 people and Jeff would be responsible.