Co-Founder of Blizzard, Frank Pearce, has announced he will be leaving the company after 28 years. Alongside Allen Adham and Mike Morhaime, Peace created Blizzard (then Silicon & Synapse) back in 1991.
“My time at Blizzard encompasses the entirety of both my professional career and my adult life,” Pearce wrote as part of a statement found on the Blizzard website. “I have countless fond memories. Working with the best developers in the world on the best franchises in the world definitively stands out.
“Even more prominent are my memories of our first BlizzCon where I realized the special importance of the people and communities that had become part of the experience for our players.
“Words cannot express the gratitude I feel to have been involved with Blizzard, our games, our employees, and most importantly our community. Before Blizzard I struggled to find a place in which I felt I belonged. Now I know I will always have a place, as will many other people. Thank you to all of you for providing me the sense of inclusion I require as a person.”
Pearce is the second Blizzard co-founder to leave the company in nine months. Back in October 2018, Mike Morhaime announced he’d be leaving the publisher.
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