Blizzard Departures

June 30, 2003 3:16 PM

Wow, almost saw this one coming.. ok maybe not. With the ownership of Vivendi Games up in the air for so long it looks like a few key employees decided it's time to jump ship. The employees were founders at Blizzard responsible for oh I dont know... Diablo? Heard of that?

In a statement, Blizzard Entertainment said Blizzard North co-founders Erich Schaefer, Max Schaefer and David Brevik, along with a fourth employee, Bill Roper, "resigned from the company to pursue other opportunities."

Update: GameSpot has a brief interview with Bill Roper about this news.

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June 30, 2003 3:17 PM

Whoa this is pretty fucked up right here. And Roper too?

damn