Bill Petras, art director of Overwatch and World of Warcraft, has died
, by Thibaut
A great figure in the world of video games has passed away. Bill Petras, a former Blizzard developer, passed away last week. His former colleague Harley D Huggins announced the sad news on LinkedIn.
During his career, Petras worked mainly for Blizzard Entertainment. From 1997 to 2005, he was in charge of art direction on World of Warcraft, contributing to the immediate success of the famous MMO. He was then appointed Art Director on Overwatch and Overwatch 2 from 2010 to October 2021.
Source: linkedin.com