07-01-2003, 03:32 PM
(This post was last modified: 07-01-2003, 03:34 PM by Occhidiangela.)
Those were the guys who first built the initial core of Diablo, and then became Blizzard North when Blizzard took them in.
The departure of Roper, Brevik, and the Schaeffer brothers means that there will be no Diablo 3. Period. The core folks who brought Diablo and Diablo II to the world will be elsewhere.
This means that Blizzard will become WoW, Warcraft, and Starcraft series. Diablo II will, after patch 1.10, as I see it, go into maintenance only. I predict that over time the operations at Blizzard North will migrate down to Irvine and Blizzard will be a one house shop. (Consolidation is in vogue these days, I hear.)
Bnet will continue.
Diablo III will never happen. That, I suspect, is what went on behind closed doors with the folks at Vivendi: a decision to cut the Diablo franchise loose rather than put the money needed into making Diablo III a quality product.
The departure of Roper, Brevik, and the Schaeffer brothers means that there will be no Diablo 3. Period. The core folks who brought Diablo and Diablo II to the world will be elsewhere.
This means that Blizzard will become WoW, Warcraft, and Starcraft series. Diablo II will, after patch 1.10, as I see it, go into maintenance only. I predict that over time the operations at Blizzard North will migrate down to Irvine and Blizzard will be a one house shop. (Consolidation is in vogue these days, I hear.)
Bnet will continue.
Diablo III will never happen. That, I suspect, is what went on behind closed doors with the folks at Vivendi: a decision to cut the Diablo franchise loose rather than put the money needed into making Diablo III a quality product.
Cry 'Havoc' and let slip the Men 'O War!
In War, the outcome is never final. --Carl von Clausewitz--
Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum
John 11:35 - consider why.
In Memory of Pete
In War, the outcome is never final. --Carl von Clausewitz--
Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum
John 11:35 - consider why.
In Memory of Pete