Omar Gonzalez No Longer at Activision Blizzard, Joins Dreamhaven

Classic Posted 2021/04/03 at 3:55 PM by Rokman

DreamhavenRestoring History: Creating WoW Classic PanelOmar kills Asmongold during the Classic Beta Stress TestKevin Jordan on TwitchIn this Twitch video clipSecret Doorthe announcement of Dreamhavenduring an interview with xDlate

"One of them, an engineer named Omar Gonzalez, who is on the Classic team, tried the method of taking the modern client, the modern server and teaching it to interpret the old 1.12 classic data. He kind of locked himself away for a few weeks, and came out with something that was a prototype--it was very rough, contained tons of bugs, the world wasn't fully rendered, but it was the original classic world, pre-Cataclysm. It had the original skills and talents, and we knew there's was a ton of work to do, but we felt like we realized for the first time, "we can do this."
- Ion Hazzikostas

Omar the Test DragonOmar's Test Quest bkOmar GonzalezOmar GonzalezDon OmarOmar's accumulator bunny High Overlord OmarOmar's Magic (Tapped) ChestMaster Craftsman Omarionwhat could Mike Morhaime's Dreamhaven be cooking up

Comment by LeafstaggerThat's a huge loss. Omar was mostly the reason Classic even exists.Comment by dusty97Good for Omar. Gives me hope for Dreamhaven. I hope Mike brings that magic back from the old days.Comment by Artek88Another great talent left the company, but dont blame him. He isn't last one who left :)Comment by ElvenmadGood for Omar. Gives me hope for Dreamhaven. I hope Mike brings that magic back from the old days.Comment by OneOfAllActivision is digging the grave of a great company. So sad.Blizzard & WoW -1 HP.Comment by tmptfateGood for Omar. Gives me hope for Dreamhaven. I hope Mike brings that magic back from the old days.Comment by 1731820All the good talent bailing from the sinking ship that is the SS Blizzard.Comment by clozzerWell, looks like another one is not that pleased with the direction blizzard is heading. Microtransactions and Boosts in WoW Classic. He surely liked that idea. :)Comment by Matrixwolfr.i.p. now wow and classic wow going down the drainComment by jthm91im sure with dreamhaven becoming a thing we will prob be on wow/classic for another 3-4yrs worth until dreamhaven comes out with an mmo for us to migrate and enjoy what great wow use to be before activision ruined it.Comment by ChioyRemovedComment by SilmafarionWhen the winds blow foul, as they say (or something like that).Comment by Talimar18 years working on a single game is absolutely insane. Good for Omar.Comment by gh0sth4ndr.i.p. now wow and classic wow going down the drainComment by UmberenI love doom and gloom but enough with the wow is dying crap. Don’t like it - leave .Comment by Nova5269Good for Omar. Gives me hope for Dreamhaven. I hope Mike brings that magic back from the old days.Comment by praedicatorRemovedComment by xenolithixPeople have been saying that Blizzard is dead and World of Warcraft is the reason for TWENTY YEARS. Come up with a new song. And no, that's not an exaggeration; the game's been out since November 2004, but people were doomsaying on Blizzard forums and general gaming forums as early as after the announcement at CES in 2001.Comment by NiccoloMGood for Omar. Gives me hope for Dreamhaven. I hope Mike brings that magic back from the old days.Comment by ikechiGood for Omar. Gives me hope for Dreamhaven. I hope Mike brings that magic back from the old days.