Ben Brode - The Laughing Developer

Adam Čapek

After 15 years he spent with development, testing and directing the game Hearthstone he made a difficult decision to leave. For people who know him it's make or break they either do love him or hate him. I actually don't know anybody who hates him but on social sites there are many people who swore at him. I love him because of his specific laughter. Other people who like his laughter made his own legendary card in the game, unfortunately it is not in the actual game. The card says that the player can't reduce the volume below maximum.

After his leaving the Hearthstone game director post the game is deteriorating. The e-sport is on decline and the gamers fan base is becoming smaller. I think that he knew exactly how to balance the game. Now there are too many strong legendary cards because Blizzard is trying to earn more money from packs containing new cards and the game is unbalanced.

Since 2018 he has been in a company called Second Dinner with a few other ex-Blizzard employees. In 2019 he announced that his game development studio is working on a mobile game for Marvel. So we can look forward to some action game on mobile phones.