[Mobile Games] Blizzard Promotes ‘Overwatch’ Boss Walter Kong to Head of Live Games and Mobile Development

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Blizzard has promoted Walter Kong, the general manager of its “Overwatch” video game franchise, to the newly created role of head of development across all live games and mobile titles. “Today, I’m happy to share that I’m stepping into a new position at Blizzard as SVP, Head of Development, Live Games/Mobile,” Kong said in a statement posted to LinkedIn. “While I’ll still be leading the overall strategy for the Overwatch franchise, I’m also excited to be taking on Hearthstone, Diablo Immortal, and Warcraft Rumble. I am greatly looking forward to working with these talented teams across a wide range of initiatives, existing and new. Additionally, I’m committed to fostering an environment of continuous learning, collaboration, and growth for all of our team members.”Kong joined Blizzard in 2011, first providing strategy and business support for “World of Warcraft” and eventually rising to a member of “Hearthstone’s” senior leadership team. He left in 2018 to become head of product management, analytics and business operations at Epic Games. In 2020, Kong returned to Blizzard as an executive producer and has served as general manager of the “Overwatch” franchise since November 2021.“When I first walked onto the Blizzard campus as an employee in August 2011, I felt awestruck for most of my first day,” Kong said in his Monday post. “It was hard to believe that I had a job working for Blizzard! Even after fourteen years, I still have to occasionally pinch myself. I’m honored and grateful that I’ve been presented opportunities over those years to collaborate with talented colleagues and to make impact at a company I so love and admire.”

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