World of warcraft biography of christopher
World of warcraft biography of christopher
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Chris Metzen
- "Metzen" redirects here. For the Feast of Winter Veil NPC, see Metzen the Reindeer.
Chris Metzen is the Franchise Creative Director for Warcraft and former Senior Vice President of Story & Franchise Development at Blizzard Entertainment.[1][2][3] After 22 years with the company he announced his retirement on September 12, 2016, citing a desire to spend more time with his family.[4] Metzen was succeeded by Lydia Bottegoni.[5]
On December 15, 2022, it was announced that he had returned to Blizzard as a Creative Advisor, first for World of Warcraft and then for other games of the franchise.[6] On September 26, 2023, Metzen was promoted to full time Executive Creative Director of the Warcraft universe,[7] with the title later simplified to Franchise Creative Director in 2024.[8]
Biography
Metzen grew up as "an RPG kid," and was particularly invested in RPG sourcebooks.