"Game development legend" and Overwatch art director, Bill Petras, has died unexpectedly. "I’m writing to share some heartbreaking news," wrote Harley D. Huggins II, former cinematic project ...

Overwatch and World of Warcraft art director Bill Petras has died. The news was shared by Harley D. Huggins II, former cinematic projects director at Blizzard, who paid tribute to Petras on LinkedIn.

But a fan on X (formerly Twitter) has reinterpreted that magic in a way no one saw coming. Inspired by the ongoing “Ghibli-fication” trend, the fan artist has turned every film that featured ...

He would then leave Blizzard to work at Red5 games on Firefall, before returning in January 2010 to oversee the development of Overwatch as the game’s art director. His last role at Blizzard saw him ...

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