


Other unnamed developers have pointed fingers at executives, including Rob Bridenbecker, the former head of the Classic Games team who quit in April. ‘I am deeply disappointed that Activision would actively work against the interests of all players in the manner that they did,’ he said, adding that it was ‘quite telling’ that Blizzard’s former CEO Mike Morhaime had resigned weeks before Warcraft 3 Reforged was presented at BlizzCon in 2018. This led to many promised features being cut from the final product, like the revised script and re-recordings for dialogue, and even features from the original game like leaderboards.ĭavid Fried, a designer on the original game, was brought back to work on the remake, but he wound up leaving it part way through and has directly blamed Activision. Blizzard initially had ambitious plans for the remake but Activision wanted to to focus more on its big franchises, so Blizzard was unable to secure the budget it wanted.
