Baldur's Gate 3 and D&D license owner Wizards of the Coast finds its new president in a World of Warcraft veteran of 12 years

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澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:World of Warcraft 🍬veteran John Hight is now taking over another behemoth fanta𓂃sy franchise. 

John Hight was once the vice president and executi🦹ve producer on Blizzard's mammoth MMO, leading everything from Mists of Pandora to the Shadowlands expansion. He then became the general manager for Warcraft as a whole, meaning he was also in charge of stuff like Hearthstone, the RTS Warcrafts, and Warcraft Rumble.

Hasbro💟 has now confirmed that the MMO veteran has become the full-time president of subsidiary Wizards of the Coast (which handles everything Dungeons & Dragons and Magic: The Gathering-shaped) and the comp💞any's video game division (which mostly handles licenses that have led to Baldur's Gate 3 and Neverwinter Nights, among other good stuff).

After Baldur's Gate 3 became a smash sales success and critical darling, developer Larian Studios 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:announced that it didn't intend on returning to the D&D license at all for either a Baldur's Gate 4 or an expansion, which 澳洲幸运5开奖号码🎉历史查询:made Hasbro approach "lots of partners" to start hammering away on an inevitable sequel. Larian's lead writer is open to seeing another sequel made by a different team, as long🍨 as it isn't made to just "hit our earnings next quarter," - it's assuring to see a video game veter🐈an at the helm this time, then, instead of🐎 the usual toy manufacturing execs.

Hight's last few months at the top of the Warcraft food chain led to a surprise 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:60-player pirate battle royale, an 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:arachnophobia mode in preparation for the nasty spider folk coming in The War Within expansion, and more hints that the long, long running game 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:might finally come to Xbox post-industry-shaking-acquistion. 

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