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Chris Metzen, Senior VP of Story and Franchise Development at Blizzard Entertainment and the legendary co-creator of hit games including “Diablo,” “Warcraft,” and “StarCraft,” is retiring at age 42.

Metzen’s retirement was announced internally to Blizzard employees late Monday afternoon, Business Insider has learned. He was with the company for 23 years, seeing it go from a small startup to a global mega-power in video games.

It was not immediately made clear why Metzen is retiring, or when his last day will be.

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Upcoming Arena changes – 45 class cards will no longer show up in the Arena drafts

Mage

[Forgotten Torch]

[Snowchugger]

[Faceless Summoner]

Rogue

[Goblin Auto-Barber]

[Undercity Valiant]

Paladin

No Changes

Shaman

[Vitality Totem]

[Dust Devil]

[Totemic Might]

[Ancestral Healing]

[Dunemaul Shaman]

[Windspeaker]

Warlock

[Anima Golem]

[Sacrificial Pact]

[Curse of Rafaam]

[Sense Demons]

[Void Crusher]

[Reliquary Seeker]

[Succubus]

Druid

[Savagery]

[Poison Seeds]

[Soul of the Forest]

[Mark of Nature]

[Tree of Life]

[Astral Communion]

Warrior

[Warsong Commander]

[Bolster]

[Charge]

[Bouncing Blade]

[Axe Flinger]

[Rampage]

[Ogre Warmaul]

Hunter

[Starving Buzzard]

[Call Pet]

[Timber Wolf]

[Cobra Shot]

[Lock and Load]

[Dart Trap]

[Snipe]

Priest

[Mind Blast]

[Shadowbomber]

[Lightwell]

[Power Word: Glory]

[Confuse]

[Convert]

[Inner Fire]

In addition, they are looking at additional solutions to balance Area such as the ability to adjust the rate that individual cards show up in your draft depending on a designer input value.

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Cart Crash at the Crossroads – Pick a class and then when you start, you pick another.  The first class gets 19 cards and the second gets 11 cards, all random.

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