Overwatch Director Jeff Kaplan Exits Blizzard Entertainment

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Blizzard Entertainment announced that game director Jeff Kaplan is leaving the company. Aaron Keller, a founding member of the Overwatch development team will be stepping up to replace Kaplan as game director for the franchise. Kaplan has been a part of Blizzard Entertainment for 19 years. Kaplan was one of the major employees at Blizzard who spoke out against the controversial suspension for Hearthstone player Ng Wai Chung in November 2019. Kaplan publicly went on record with The Washington Post saying that Chung's suspension should've been "reduced more or eliminated"