In the past 10 years, Blizzard has been in decline, and the people who once made it great left one by one. What drove them away from the company they loved, and where did they end up?

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Research Links
Mike Ybarra leaves Blizzard
https://www.theverge.com/2024/1/25/24...
Mike Morhaime leaves Blizzard
https://www.gamespot.com/articles/bli...
https://www.dreamhaven.com/
Frank Pearce leaves Blizzard
https://www.gamedeveloper.com/busines...
Brian Birmingham leaves Blizzard
https://us.forums.blizzard.com/en/wow...
https://www.unleashedgames.io/
Jeff Kaplan leaves Blizzard
https://www.polygon.com/22394111/over...
Ben Brode leaves Blizzard
https://venturebeat.com/pcgaming/hea...
https://seconddinner.com/
Rob Pardo leaves Blizzard
https://www.polygon.com/2014/7/3/5868...
https://tracxn.com/d/companies/bonfir...
Wei Wang leaves Blizzard
  / wei_wang_is_leaving_blizzard_his_work_was_...  
Scott Mercer leaves Blizzard
https://gameworldobserver.com/2023/06...
Tim Morten and Tim Campbell leave Blizzard
https://www.forbes.com/sites/hnewman/...
https://frostgiant.com/#about
Stormgate game
https://playstormgate.com/
Senior Blizzard staff celebrate 25 years at the company
https://blizzpro.com/2016/11/05/25ye...
ActivisionBlizzard subsidiaries
https://www.investopedia.com/5compan...
ActivisionBlizzard earnings call transcript
https://seekingalpha.com/article/1043...
Bobby Kotick strategy
https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2008/1...
ActivisionBlizzard as 5th largest company in gaming
https://www.alltopeverything.com/top...
Bobby Kotick Wants to Take the Fun Out of Making Games
https://www.escapistmagazine.com/bobb...
Bobby Kotick leaves Blizzard
https://www.theverge.com/2023/10/13/2...
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