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At BlizzCon, Blizzard president Johanna Faries discussed the studio's partnership with Netflix on an animated Diablo TV show, explaining that it lets Blizzard reach fans who don't have time for deep game engagement. Separately, Overwatch associate director Alec Dawson attributed the game's recent resurgence to Blizzard abandoning its cautious approach to altering core game systems, including introducing the Perk system and embracing bigger narrative risks.