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Snowstorm Seemingly Removes A Reference To Jeff Kaplan In Overwatch 2 안전놀이터

Fans on Reddit have seen that a reference to previous Overwatch game chief Jeff Kaplan has been eliminated from the impending continuation's New York City map. Players recognized that the Sept. 25 Bastion Rework declaration video for Overwatch 2 shows the pizza shop previously called Jeph's Corner Pizza is simply Corner Pizza. 

Fans can see the change for themselves around the 1-minute imprint in Bastion's declaration video, which shows the legend's new extreme and the pizza shop behind the scenes. The gesture to Kaplan doesn't appear to be on the shop's sign, nonetheless. 

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The action is logical a piece of Blizzard Entertainment's push to eliminate in-game references to its workers in the wake of the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing's claim against Activision Blizzard. 

Since the claim's documenting, the organization uncovered it would rename Overwatch's McCree, named after a Diablo 4 lead game planner. An assertion from the World of Warcraft group said the staff would "eliminate references that are not proper" for Azeroth—apparently alluding to easter eggs including Alex Afrasiabi, a previous senior inventive chief for the game who was straightforwardly named in the claim. 

In April, Blizzard reported that Kaplan was leaving the organization. He was supplanted by Aaron Keller, an unmistakable individual from the Overwatch group who aided plan the cherished King's Row map. Kaplan's flight preceded the flood of claims documented against Activision Blizzard. 

In the authority news discharge, Blizzard said Kaplan "has chosen to leave the organization after a long and celebrated profession." At the lower part of the delivery, Blizzard incorporated a "individual note" from Kaplan, where he says, "It was really a truly mind-blowing honor." Kaplan's justification behind leaving Blizzard stays hazy. 

Presently, as Blizzard keeps on wrestling with different claims, the organization has started to eradicate various representative related Easter eggs and references that show up in Blizzard games. The evacuation of "Jeph" comes as Blizzard makes changes to organization strategy. 

In August, a Blizzard rep disclosed to Kotaku that "[Blizzard] will survey this present reality references as of now utilized in our games and settling on choices dependent on how they best address fundamental beliefs for our games." That month, the organization reported it would change McCree's name. 

Jeph's Corner Pizza wasn't the main reference to Kaplan, nonetheless. Reddit clients additionally recognized an espresso mug saying "Jeph" in Overwatch 2, a gesture to an image in which Kaplan holds some espresso with an incorrectly spelled variant of his name. The cup remains on a duplicate of a book called "The Green Hills of Stranglethorn," a mission from World of Warcraft likewise planned by Kaplan, as spotted by a client. It's muddled if that reference will likewise stay in the spin-off.