Hearthstone game director Ben Brode
announces in this forum post that he is leaving Blizzard Entertainment.
Here's part of the post where he talks about leaving the CCG in good hands along
with a bit on his future plans:
I get too much credit by virtue of being
a public face, but the 80+ people on the development team are still there, and
they are the ones actually making the cards, brawls, events, missions, and
features. I am confident the game is in the best possible hands, and I’m excited
to see where a new generation of leaders takes Hearthstone from here.
I am very fortunate to be able to take a crazy risk right now in my life, and
I’m excited to be scrappy and a little scared. I’m going to help start a new
company. We’ll probably make games, but we haven’t figured anything else out,
yet. I’m looking forward to designing, programming, and actually creating things
again. I’m going to miss the on-campus Starbucks, though. Dang.