Hamilton Chu, Hearthstone's Executive Producer, Also Leaves Blizzard Entertainment
In a tweet early this morning, Hamilton Chu responded to Ben Brode's leaving tweet with something very simple. Both of the ex-Hearthstone team members have set their Twitter bios to "Starting up something new!".
Quote from Hamilton ChuToday is my last day at Blizzard. 😢 Thank you for all the laughter and fun we shared. I will miss you.
Weird! It was mine too...
Not many were aware of Hamilton's involvement with Team 5 as he wasn't out there interacting with the community like Ben. Things he was responsible for though were writing most of the flavor text in Whispers of the Old Gods expansion and the strategic planning and business operations on the Hearthstone side of things. He also headlined Blizzard's strategic Initiatives Group which included business ops for World of Warcraft. It would appear that this isn't only a blow to Hearthstone, but also other areas at Blizzard.
Quote from Developer Bios - Hamilton ChuAs executive producer for Blizzard Entertainment's Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft, Hamilton Chu provides the leadership and direction necessary to deliver players a Blizzard-quality gaming experience. In his role, Chu is responsible for strategic planning and business operations, providing management support for the development leadership, and generally tanking issues for the team whenever necessary.
As head of Blizzard’s strategic initiatives group, his other duties include leading business operations for World of Warcraft and managing Blizzard’s creative development department. Before joining Blizzard Entertainment, Chu served as a producer on Halo and Halo 2 for Bungie before going on to sell his soul to the MBA gods.
In his spare time, Chu enjoys reading comics, writing stories, and pwning noobs of all shapes and sizes.
Which beloved developer is leaving the Hearthstone team next to work alongside Brode and Chu?
What do you mean he wasn't allowed to work on the game anymore? How did this happen? (it's just a question, don't be alarmed)
Question is aimed at @Dr_Scaphandre
I heard they were leaving to protest Billy Mitchell losing his Donkey Kong high score title! More are expected to leave until Mitchell gets it back!
fuck off, watch apollo legend's video on the topic, the one where he dissected Billy Mitchell and outed him in the first place waay before it went to the scale of the guiness rejecting him publicly; there is no way he did not deserve what he got.
here it is in case you didn't realise it existed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=234Y76_3YPE
I'm also fairly sure BB and Chu aren't that rash to do something like throw away their secure and fulfilling job simply to go on protest without researching it first.
LoL. Wow dude.
I'm sorry that came across as heated, I'm a bit tired after not sleeping a full 2 days, forgive me, I guess i must have been offended that you seemed to think so little of Ben and Chu and the effort they put into their jobs, idk people don't just do that kind of stuff with a job they love, sorry though.
But really, take a look at the video with a level head, its eye-opening.
Something's wrong, first Brode, then Chu? I'm starting to be really concerned about the state of Hearthstone, i HOPE this isn't the beginning of the end of the game
edit 1: just tell me, why do you people dislike this? have i offended someone or what?
It’s not. This actually does raise some alarming questions as to the state of the game if the leading developers are leaving. I believe this will create problems later on that will eventually hurt the game to the point where there is no return. On the other side, if they are able to bring in new blood, it could change the game to be more adventurous with what they choose to do. All in all, I’m not sure how this is going to work out but I am nervous to see.
How long can this go on?
My jaws that bite, my claws that catch.
"Free me!"
-Ben Brode
Chakki joined HS team and the two senior members of HS team decided to leave... Coincidence? Lol
Chakki known for bad gas?
They disappear, one by one...
Sometimes things goes wrong...
Blizzard is slowing down the evolution of HS mechanics expansion after expension, these guys did not agree, and here's the outcome.
Everyone out here can design better cards than the originals. Developers are just like us. Creatives.
But things better lasts forever, so more useless cards in many more expansions will increase HS life.
The proof resides deep within the confines of his rectum, from where he pulls crap like this.
They are going to work on Artifact from Valve... Or maybe Riot shown some interest in creating ccg about LOL..... who knows %))
Good luck on your journey.
Some of my favorite WotOG texts were: Hallazeal the Ascended, Shadow Strike, and Stand Against Darkness.
Meh.I wish the dude best luck and all, but i don't know who this guy even is. So i don't give a single f*ck about him leaving hs team.
BUT PLEASE BRING BACK BEN'S RAPPING VIDEOS!! D':