Starcraft II's lead gameplay designer David Kim has announced that he is leaving the game to work on a new project, thanking fans for their support and insisting that Starcraft II will continue.
"Design and balance on StarCraft II has been a combined effort among everyone on the design team and our community for quite a while now. We believe that the ongoing communication and collaboration between the design team, pro players, and community will keep SC2 the best it's ever been as a competitive game," his post says.
"I've reached a point in my career where I've decided to branch out to a different project, to explore, learn, and grow as a game designer. This other project will be right here at Blizzard, so I hope working on this next game will be as awesome as my experience working on SC2 and with the community. The rest of the SC2 balance team will continue to make updates, and communication with the community will not be interrupted."
As rightfully noted by PCGamesN though, this is the third big name from Blizzard to transition to a "different project," following Tom Chilton leaving World of Warcraft and Dustin Browder leaving Heroes of the Storm, which could be coincidence, but could also mean they're all working on something like a new IP. Either way, are you sad to see Kim go?