What Jeff Kaplan has said about Overwatch League
1 quote · 1 episode · Mar 11, 2026
Jeff Kaplan, American video game designer known for World of Warcraft and Overwatch at Blizzard Entertainment; co-founder of Kintsugiyama, has been quoted on Overwatch League once in 1 episode of Lex Fridman Podcast, most recently on March 11, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.
In their words
Kaplan says Overwatch League was over-marketed to team investors as potentially bigger than the NFL and became a house of cards.
“they were pretty much selling the Brooklyn Bridge, that Overwatch League was gonna be more popular than the NFL”
Lex Fridman Podcast: #493 – Jeff Kaplan: World of Warcraft, Overwatch, Blizzard, and Future of Gaming (Mar 11, 2026) · Listen from 4:16:46
Episodes
#493 – Jeff Kaplan: World of Warcraft, Overwatch, Blizzard, and Future of GamingLex Fridman Podcast · Mar 11, 2026
Former Blizzard designer Jeff Kaplan tells Lex Fridman about his path from failed writer and EverQuest player to World of Warcraft, Titan, Overwatch, and his new studio's game.
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