I have been at Blizzard Entertainment for almsot(sic) six years. It has been epic and I have made many friends around the world and I have learned so much. But, I have a great opportunity for something new and exciting, and sadly it is time to move on.

The game community will likely find out today, so I wanted you all to hear it from me first.

To all of you in my Blizzard family, inside the company and out, thank you for everything. We will keep in touch. You have made me love my life.”

We find that expansions are what bring players back to World of Warcraft,” “We really want to get to a cadence where we can release expansions more quickly,”  “Once a year I think would be a good rate. I think the best thing we can do for new players is to keep coming out with regular content updates.”

Unsurprisingly there is still a wide customer base that prefers to get their content via a monthly subscription rather than being nickle and dimed at every corner. 13 year olds are surely sad at the news of no WoW free to play, but smart gamers everywhere should applaud Blizzards decision.