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Former Overwatch director Jeff Kaplan, who left Blizzard Entertainment in 2021 after nearly 20 years, discussed in a new interview how completely he has disconnected from the game he once fronted publicly. Kaplan said he hasn't played Overwatch since leaving, doesn't search for his own name or the game online, and described his separation from the franchise as 'almost clinical.' He noted being the public face of a major game came at a personal cost due to fan toxicity, and he is now quietly developing a new indie game called The Legend of California. The interviews arrive alongside broader retrospective coverage marking roughly a decade of Overwatch, examining promises kept and broken since launch and where Blizzard's Team 4 goes from here as the franchise's future remains in question.