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Kaplan called it the biggest "fuck you" of his career. That's not a phrase he'd reach for lightly. This was someone who had co-created one of the most successful live-service games ever made, who had built a team and a culture and a product that by any reasonable measure had been an enormous commercial achievement. | Kaplan called it the biggest "fuck you" of his career. That's not a phrase he'd reach for lightly. This was someone who had co-created one of the most successful live-service games ever made, who had built a team and a culture and a product that by any reasonable measure had been an enormous commercial achievement. | ||
The CFO involved, though unnamed by Kaplan, is widely understood to be Dennis Durkin, who served as CFO of [[Companies/Activision Blizzard]] during the period Kaplan references. Kaplan noted the executive is no longer at the company. | The CFO involved, though unnamed by Kaplan, is widely understood to be Dennis Durkin, who served as CFO of [[Companies/Activision Blizzard|Activision Blizzard]] during the period Kaplan references. Kaplan noted the executive is no longer at the company. | ||
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[[Overwatch]] itself has been through its own turbulent years since Kaplan's departure. The game relaunched as [[Overwatch]] 2 in 2022, a move that came with significant controversy including the removal of the original game and a shift to a free-to-play model. It has since reverted to the [[Overwatch]] name and adopted a more narrative-driven direction. Blizzard has maintained publicly that the [[Overwatch]] 2 chapter wasn't a failure, though the rebranding back speaks for itself to many observers. | [[Overwatch]] itself has been through its own turbulent years since Kaplan's departure. The game relaunched as [[Overwatch]] 2 in 2022, a move that came with significant controversy including the removal of the original game and a shift to a free-to-play model. It has since reverted to the [[Overwatch]] name and adopted a more narrative-driven direction. Blizzard has maintained publicly that the [[Overwatch]] 2 chapter wasn't a failure, though the rebranding back speaks for itself to many observers. | ||
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Jeff Kaplan Reveals Blizzard Breaking Point: CFO Threatened 1,000 Layoffs Would Be "On His Head"
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