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Blizzard North Co-Founders Leave Company

Posted by simoniker on from the vivendi's-only-good-asset-going-byebye? dept.

Thanks to several readers for pointing out a Reuters/Yahoo story discussing the departure of four key employees from Warcraft and Diablo developers Blizzard Entertainment. The article elaborates: "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.'" With Bill Roper often the public face of Blizzard, and the Blizzard North co-founders being the original Diablo developers, this is a big deal for Blizzard owners Vivendi, as well as gamers everywhere, especially as Blizzard "is widely seen in the games industry as one of the most attractive assets of VU Games, which has been languishing on the auction block for months."

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  3. Fuck! by dupper · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    There goes WoW and SC2.

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    1. Re:Oh well...Back to the *BSD BoothBabes! by Arker · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Hahahah!

      Damn I usually hate the trolls, but those links are cool. BSD boothbabes rule!

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    2. Re:Oh well...Back to the *BSD BoothBabes! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Nah, not the same girl. The face is off, so are the tits.

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  5. cyberporn game overdue by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    they are gonna make a game based on pr0n. You get a dildo that has magic powers and attack strength. You gotta work your way up to other things like speculums and fucking machines.

  6. Microsoft by jnguy · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    As a slashdot reader, I feel it neccessary to tie in microsoft, in a very evil way. So lets speculate that this is a sign that Microsofts purchase of vivendi's game division is going through.

  7. What does this article sound like? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    (insert Pac-Man death sound here)