The Activision subsidiary has been transferred to Blizzard. It will be put into full-scale development of the Diablo 2 remake. In the process, the situation of dissolution of the development department of’Warcraft 3 Reforged’ was also revealed.
On the 22nd, Bloomberg said that’Vicarious Visions’, which was under Activision, has moved to Blizzard. As a developer who has been with Activision since 2005, he was in charge of the development of Tony Hawk, Crash Bendi Coot, and Skylanders series. In addition, he participated in the development of Activision’s core IP games such as Destiny, Guitar Hero, and Call of Duty.
Jennifer Oneal, who has been leading Vicarious Visions so far, has been changed to a Blizzard development executive.
Local experts predicted that the official joining of Vicarious Visions will give momentum to the remake version of’Diablo 2′. According to Bloomberg, Vicarious Visions has been collaborating on several Blizzard-developed projects since 2020, including the Diablo 2 remake.
Initially, the remake of’Diablo 2’was carried out by Blizzard’s in-house development team 1. Team 1 was responsible for the development and operation of StarCraft 2 and Heroes of the Storm, and oversees Warcraft 3 Reforged as the most recent work.
Contrary to expectations, however, Warcraft 3 Reforged received criticism from both users and experts, and Team 1 cited poorly established plans, lack of communication, and excessively hasty launches as the cause of the failure. Bloomberg reported that “Team 1 made several plans to avoid repeating the problem in the Diablo 2 remake, but Blizzard handed over the project to the Diablo 4 development team, and from last year we started supporting non-carrier visions.”
Team 1, which did not gain internal trust, went into reorganization on October 15, 2020, and on the same day, Blizzard said that the update, including the commander of StarCraft 2 co-op mode, will end and focus only on the balance patch in the future.
With the reorganization, many of the core developers of StarCraft 2, including Tim Morten and Kevin Dong, left Blizzard to establish Frost Giant Studio, a professional RTS developer. Other developers are known to have joined’Dream Haven’ founded by former CEO Mike Moheim.
Meanwhile, the availability of the Diablo 2 remake version was one of the major concerns of Blizzard fans in 2020. In fact,’Ak 2 Gaming’, which was released before the announcement of Blizzard game-related information, produced a hot topic by reporting that the’Diablo 2 Remaster’ version will be released in 2020.
Since then,’David Brevik’, the lead programmer of Diablo 1, said, “I believe that Diablo 2 will appear in a new shape, but it will be more like a remake, not a remaster.” “Because many of the original sources of Diablo 2 have been lost. “He also conveyed the reason.
‘Diablo 2′, which was released in 2000, was one of the biggest box offices that shook the world game industry at the time, with a dark atmosphere, powerful battles, and an addictive loot system. It sold more than 2 million copies in one year and four months after its launch in Korea, and it has become a’national game’ after StarCraft. In the end, the Diablo 2 remake version has not yet been released, but this is also the reason Blizzard has expressed interest in’Diablo 2’several times through official posts.
As it is a work with high recognition and strong fans in Korea as well as abroad, fans are drawing attention whether this joining of Non-Carrier Visions will lead to the announcement of new news related to’Diablo 2 Remake’.
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