Chris Metzen returns to World of Warcraft creator as a creative advisor

Chris Metzen has returned to Blizzard Entertainment and will help create World of Warcraft ‘and other projects’ as a creative advisor. Metzen has been involved with the game since the beginning of Warcraft and is mainly responsible for its story.

Blizzard manager John Hight says that Chris Metzen will become Creative Advisor within the Warcraft Leadership Team. He will initially focus mainly on World of Warcraft, but later he will also look at ‘other projects within this growing franchise’. “Chris was one of the original team members when the Warcraft universe began in 1994 and we’re thrilled to reunite him with the world he helped create.”

Metzen left Blizzard Entertainment in 2016 to spend time with his wife and children. He has worked on several Blizzard games, including World of Warcraft and its expansions, as well as the Warcraft movie and Overwatch. He also often announced new games at the Blizzcon fan fair. Since leaving Blizzard, he has founded a table-top gaming club in California: Warchief Gaming.