This article is about the video game designer. For the professor of religion, see Jeffrey Kaplan (academic).
Jeff Kaplan
Born
(1972-11-04) November 4, 1972 (age 51)
New Jersey, U.S.
Education
University of Southern California (BA) New York University (MA)
Occupation
Video game designer
Employer
Blizzard Entertainment (2002–2021)
Title
Vice President of Blizzard Entertainment (formerly)
Jeffrey Kaplan is an American video game designer and former vice president of Blizzard Entertainment, a position he held until he left the company in 2021. He designed elements of World of Warcraft and is the former lead director of Overwatch.
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2014), and reassigned most of the staff but left about 40 people, led by JeffKaplan, to either come up with a fresh idea within a few weeks or have their...
related literary media and the game's sequel, Overwatch 2. Conceived by JeffKaplan and designed by Arnold Tsang, the character was conceived due to a desire...
(PvP) game modes, retaining all unlocked cosmetics and other features. JeffKaplan, director for Overwatch, explained that this was a major decision and...
while various fan works and cosplays followed suit, with game director JeffKaplan further teasing her inclusion. After her release in Overwatch 2, media...
confirmed in September during the Disney event D23. The same month, JeffKaplan and Ian Springer were hired as writers for the film. By March 2023, Josh...
slightly cartoonish style." A beta for the game was launched in 2015. JeffKaplan, Michael Chu, and Scott Mercer served as the game's lead director, lead...
directors of past winners—such as 2016 winner Overwatch's lead director JeffKaplan in 2018, 2020 winner The Last of Us Part II's creative director Neil...
Jeff Fairburn, British businessman Jeff Hawkins, founder of Palm Computing and Handspring JeffKaplan, vice president of Blizzard Entertainment Jeff Kidder...
film, with a release date of November 8, 2024. On September 21, 2022, JeffKaplan and Ian Springer were announced to be writers for the film. By March...
Barrier, grants powerful temporary shielding to himself and nearby allies. JeffKaplan stated that Lucio was based on the tabletop role-playing game archetype...
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after a nearby diner. The group is Duncan Skiles, Christopher Ford, JeffKaplan, Ben Dickinson, Jon Watts, Jake Schreier, and Aaron Wesner. They usually...
(creative) Producer(s) Shane Dabiri Carlos Guerrero Designer(s) Rob Pardo JeffKaplan Tom Chilton Programmer(s) John Cash Artist(s) William Petras Kevin Beardslee...
presenters in October, having secured developers such as Josef Fares and JeffKaplan by mid-month; he spoke to Peter Jackson about a collaboration but it...