Lee, who worked on Hearthstone throughout 2018, oversaw a lot of improvements to the gameplay, including the Incentives Pass Seasonal Tracking system, the addition of the Demon Hunter class, and the removal of the Mercs mode. At least according to the accounts, Lee's postings have been regular and consistent."I have made the tremendously painful choice to start on a new journey after 15 years at Blizzard and over 10 years working on 'Hearthstone,'" Brode wrote in a post on the game's official forums. "Wow, that was a difficult sentence to write."

In essence, we don't know what kind of project we'll be engaged in that will be employed by Activision. It's been speculated that he'll work on an undisclosed project with fellow Hearthstone stalwarts Mike Donais and Peter Whalen. The community and RegisKillbin, a content developer, have theorized that this project could be a CCG-roguelike, similar to the production of Blizzards the Spire.

Brode was the face of Blizzard's prevalent collective card game across many ways, thanks in part to his Reddit-requested lyric, but he writes in his note that he gets too much credit for the game and that while he's leaving, the 80-plus people on the development team aren't, and are the ones "actually making the cards, brawls, events, missions, and features." I'm certain that the game is in good hands, and I'm looking forward to seeing where a new generation of leaders takes 'Hearthstone' next."

However, during the interview in which Lee announced his departure from Hearthstone, he mentioned that the game will have a culinary show-themed expansion. "One of the most exciting things about the coming, unnamed year is that there's actually a bunch of new types of cards that we've been tinkering with that are really fun and interesting," Lee said, adding that "one of the most fascinating events about the coming, unidentified year is that there's actually a plethora of new card types that we've been dabbling with that are really exciting and enjoyable."