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  "textContent": "Former Overwatch game director Jeff Kaplan is revealing new details about why he abruptly left Blizzard in 2021, and his explanation paints a troubling picture of the pressure placed on the development team behind one of the company’s most successful franchises. During a recent interview on the Lex Fridman podcast, Kaplan described a meeting with […]\n\nThe post Jeff Kaplan Says He Quit Overwatch After Blizzard Threatened to Blame 1,000 Layoffs On Him appeared first on That Park Place.",
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