Diablo III senior producer leaves Blizzard

@(Unverified) The doomsayers will actually have a reason to speak this time.

@odericko

We're DOOMED!

...or delayed till who knows when.... :p

@odericko doomsayers think they always have a reason to speak even if blizzard came up with the cure for aids. they are retards for a reason.

@J45neoboy seems like he would have then said "I enjoyed the negative five years experience at Blizzard" then right?

@drunkingamebar

No, because he still wants to work in the industry. Bashing your former employer, even if one has valid complaints, is not the way to go about getting a new job with another company in the same field.

@J45neoboy

I was looking at screens today on DIII's own website.

I really have to say that the colors and mood just seem so bright and whimsical... not really what I, or I imagine, many people were expecting and looking forward to. Hah, for that kind of atmosphere I guess we are going to have to rely on Path of Exile.

Regardless, I'll be getting this as a gift for my wife, she's a huge Diablo franchise fan and has been looking forward to this game for years. She even applied for the beta. :D

@J45neoboy

Bit late in that case, besides the Producers don't have a say over that, they aren't there to make design or creative decisions.

Most likely scenario is he found a job somewhere else, probably working on an IP he loves or a promotion to Executive Producer. His sudden termination could simply be Blizzard not wanting him to work out his notice but take it as leave instead.

This kind of thing happens all the time in the industry.

@bobfish

Pfft, what a bunch of rationalization based on the evidence at hand and prior experiences...

This obviously means that D3 is going to be a F2P game for kids, and Steve Parker was the only man brave enough to walk away from it... after 5 years, and within a year of launch.

@drginger

My thoughts exactly. Too many people are reading too far into this. What's questionable about wanting a new challenge after spending 5 years developing one game... It's not unreasonable and it happens quite often in the real world.

@drginger

While I am not going to guess why he left; very few people leave their job right before something major drops. Sorry, but if I have been working on a project for five years, I would not just walk away from it unless something life changing happened. No one is going to leave, because they feel like they are "done" and in this case it is not done...

@Traptz

People are morons.