Overwatch and World of Warcraft art director Bill Petras has died. The news was shared by Harley D. Huggins II, former cinematic projects director at Blizzard, who paid tribute to Petras on LinkedIn.

Bill Petras, an artist who helped design a number of Blizzard games including World Of Warcraft and Overwatch, has died. “Billy and I started at Blizzard the same week and were close friends for ...

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Petras notably served as art director on World of WarCraft for its original release in 2004. WoW iterated on Warcraft 3's visual identity to create an extremely influential art style not only in ...

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This information was obtained via IronForge. So far in April, most of Cataclysm Classic’s servers have seen a decline of some sort, with the likes of Mandokir’s Horde population dropping to ...

Two decades after its initial release, World of Warcraft is still incredibly popular in 2025, with an expansion releasing in Summer 2024 and Season 2 of The War Within adding even more content for ...

April 5, 2025 • Organizers of Oakland's First Fridays art festival made a flyer promoting the event using AI, and are facing backlash for not using an actual artist. NPR's Scott Simon explains.