Cora "Songbird" Georgiou has announced her departure from casting Hearthstone and moving on to... the final design team!
Cora joins the team that houses Dean "Iksar" Ayala, Stephen "Puffin" Chang, Ryan "Realz" Masterson, and Keaton "Chakki" Gill. The final design team is responsible for playtesting the new cards, ensuring they are fun and balanced, and making the final adjustments. New sets get locked in from the process roughly two months before its release, with four months spent on the process.
As she said on stream, she will be joining the team in October. We are not likely to see her work for at least a couple of expansions due to how the Hearthstone design process works, plus, it is a team effort and not any one person's work that makes our meta.
Quote From Cora Georgiou I'm taking a step away from commentary. The last 3 years have been the best of my life, and I'm so grateful to have been able to do something that I truly love, but it's time to pursue something I'll love even more.
That being said…
I am thrilled to announce that I will be joining the Hearthstone Final Design team as an Associate Game Designer at Blizzard Entertainment!
I love Hearthstone more than anything, and I'm so blessed to be able to work with a team who feels the same way. ❤️
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I guess to please your desire, they would have to hire a comedian.
I don’t think they are interested in a second Ben Brode
Wow that compilation will give me nightmares. Definitly a friendly guy but the cringe is strong with this one
Exactly. Like so many people in life, he does better at being himself than imitating somebody else.
I love the Blizz will hire from the HS community. This is a great news. I hope she truly enjoys it! Congratz!!!
That's some good news :D
So does that mean Cora's going to be making cards now? If so, then things are probably going to get a lot more interesting moving forward.
I've since clarified what the final design team is responsible for. Just wanted to make a note of that so it doesn't look like Demon didn't read the article. Rushing to get the news out ftw.
Technically initial design 'makes' the cards. Final design involves balance and playtesting type stuff.
Very nice!
Dude congratulations are in order ! Couldn't of happened to a better person. Good for her !