Juguard Posted July 1, 2003 Share Posted July 1, 2003 Blizzard North's three cofounders and Bill Roper leave the studio that created Diablo to pursue other opportunities. According to a Reuters report, four key figures at Blizzard North have "resigned from the company to pursue other opportunities." Blizzard Entertainment told Reuters that the Blizzard North cofounders Erich Schaefer, Max Schaefer, and David Brevik, plus Blizzard vice president Bill Roper, recently left the company. The report also quotes a VU Games executive as saying that Vivendi Universal's public efforts to sell its game division, including Blizzard, has had some effect on employee morale. Brevik and the Schaefer brothers founded a development company called Condor in 1993, and started developing Diablo for Blizzard in early 1995. The studio was renamed Blizzard North when Blizzard acquired Condor in February 1996. Source: Gamespot Hmm, this sucks. Now I wonder what will happen with Diablo 3 if anything was even planed?... Its gona be a little weird to see diablo 3 released under a different company name. Anyways, I just hope for the best. I'm a Blizzard fan, cuz of Starcraft and Diablo series. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bizkit Posted July 1, 2003 Share Posted July 1, 2003 That is a crappy thing. I think that Blizzard makes some of the best games, when they come out ever 4 years... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dL Posted July 1, 2003 Share Posted July 1, 2003 Blizzard is an EXCELLENT company! Sad to hear about that news.. :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juguard Posted July 1, 2003 Author Share Posted July 1, 2003 it could be a good thing tho. The creators of Diablo series, might be just more fee to make more games, instead of doing only what blizzard wants. I hope its for the best honestly, I hate to see a good company fall. :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EnisDonKing_ Posted July 1, 2003 Share Posted July 1, 2003 Those are very sad news. They claim how those change will not make any delay to their games in prgrs. (WoW, SC: Ghost) but I can`t belive it because they`ve lost really great guys which where in charge for all theirs great products... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayepecks Posted July 2, 2003 Share Posted July 2, 2003 Good to know they're making their own company, though, even if I wasn't a huge fan of Blizzard games. Also -- Bill said that Blizzard is currently developing multiple (unannounced) titles, and Blizzard North has two in production. I assume this means that Diablo III and StarCraft II are in production. Heck, if they haven't started the development by now they're crazy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juguard Posted July 3, 2003 Author Share Posted July 3, 2003 well, I'm hoping that Starcraft 2 is in the make, but I hope its not gona effect it. I dont want Starcraft 2 to end up like Warcraft III ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fahad Posted July 3, 2003 Share Posted July 3, 2003 What's wrong with Warcraft III? I seemed to like it..but I seem to like everything Blizzard makes :wacko: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OptiPlex Posted July 3, 2003 Share Posted July 3, 2003 A lot of people don't like Warcraft III. You know ... the usual complaints like 1) The graphics stink 2) Too easy blah blah blah And others don't like the fact that they (Blizzard) are doing everything solely for WC3 and not for other games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eevoo Posted July 3, 2003 Share Posted July 3, 2003 as a long time blizzard fan (warcraft, no II no III just warcraft :D ) they seem to have a pattern release one game every 3/4 years expansion, then move on to next game. sad to see those guys go, but it can only mean good things for us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IlliniPi Posted July 3, 2003 Share Posted July 3, 2003 Thats alright, I'm pretty much set with Blizzard right now. I got Warcraft 3 and the new Frozen Throne expansion...so that should last me for about another year or so. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juguard Posted July 3, 2003 Author Share Posted July 3, 2003 Frozen Throne is gona make Warcraft 3 a lot better. Blizzard are very good at expantion packs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gravel5839 Posted July 3, 2003 Share Posted July 3, 2003 frozen throne has gotten me back into WC3... its awesome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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