Longtime Blizzard art director Bill Petras has unexpectedly passed away at the age of 54, known for his work on World of Warcraft and Overwatch. Since the California-based development studio was ...

We mourne the loss of Bill Petras, a visionary art director whose creative skills shaped some of Blizzard Entertainment’s big name titles World of Warcraft and Overwatch (the man is a legend).

Two new Overwatch books are on the way from ... to World of Warcraft in the previously released World of Warcraft: Chronicle hardcover art books. There will also be a limited edition (predictably ...

"He was immensely proud of the work he did there, most notably as the art director for World of Warcraft and Overwatch." "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 ... art of yet another massively influential Blizzard game, Overwatch. In 2017, Petras gave a GDC talk about ...

Bill Petras has passed away 🕊️ With over 20 years of contributions to Blizzard games, Bill served as the Art Director for the original Overwatch, where he helped shape its iconic world and ...

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.