Yong Woo Leaves Blizzard - Joins Ben Brode at Second Dinner
Yong Woo, Hearthstone's Production Director, has left the company. He joins Ben Brode and Hamilton Chu at the new Second Dinner game studio.
Another two Hearthstone employees quit in recent time, Michael Schweitzer and Jomaro Kindred, who are also at the studio. There are now five ex-Hearthstone team members working at Second Dinner.
Quote from Yong WooAfter 9 epic years at Blizzard, I am embarking on a new adventure. Thank you for your love and support over the years. I'm super excited to join @seconddinner to build something new & amazing together!
Quote from Second DinnerThe team is growing! Say hi to our newest teammates!
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Blizzard needs to reexamine their non-compete contracts lulz
inb4 all the people that look at the next expansion and cry "THIS IS WHY YONG WOO LEFT; EEEEEEEEEE!!!"
Let me show you out ...
... to the dining room ^^
In addition to players leaving Hearthstone, so are the devs, one by one....
Well, at least the Brode has something up his sleeve!
"the end is coming" doomsayer, 2018
Wow... Second Dinner has some heavy hitters.
inb4 blizz buys them and we're back to square 1 Kappa
Say goodbye to the tournament mode..
I dunno... this just feels like a really big hoax and it turns out that Second Dinner is the name of the next Hearthstone expansion that will be released at BlizzCon... xD
that would be awesome
has anyone played Battlefield heroes when it still was online? In the 2 years before shutdown the leading devs changed 3 times, many community beloved dev team members left the company and slowly everything went downwards.... this kinda reminds me a little bit of the situation back then.
Except this probably isn’t the team turning over multiple times. This departure was almost certainly in the works when Brode left, with Woo just staying to finish the expansion.
A bunch of people that have been working on the game for nearly a decade deciding to go do something different isn’t really a sign that it is dying.
I feel scared for HS... but excited for Second diner!!
I just hope Second Dinner will be delicious. Good luck to them :)
Is everyone gonna leave Blizzard Hearthstone team now?
Maybe the employees that have been there for a long time will leave. I mean, The Broadster has worked there for 15 years and the other about the same time. And for a work involving creativity I'm surprised they stayed that long. I would've lasted for like 7 years max before I went and did my thing lmao
I wonder what they're up to ୧[ * ಡ ▽ ಡ * ]୨
I hope that Second Dinner creates something that can rival Hearthstone so Blizzard will have to be more careful about their game xD
Best luck to Brode & Co.
I hold it that a little rebellion now and then is a good thing, and as necessary in the political world as storms in the physical. Unsuccesful rebellions indeed generally establish the incroachments on the rights of the people which have produced them. An observation of this truth should render honest republican governors so mild in their punishment of rebellions, as not to discourage them too much. It is a medecine necessary for the sound health of government.
Thomas Jefferson, totally not copied randomly from internet.