„The expectations are super high.” Blizzard legend talks about why it's so hard to work on games like Diablo 4
The father of the Diablo series believes that developing big AAA games these days is extremely risky. Developers face the difficult task of meeting players' expectations.
video games
Martin Bukowski
October 2, 2025
Diablo was supposed to be a turn-based game, but the dev clicked on a skeleton and thus an action RPG was born
The Diablo series might have looked very different if David Brevik, the game's creator, had pushed through his vision of the combat system.
video games
Maciej Gaffke
July 10, 2025
Diablo and Diablo 2 dev heavily criticized modern action RPGs. Due to one factor, they aren't expected to stand the test of time, unlike Blizzard's classics
According to David Brevik - a former employee of Blizzard Entertainment - modern action RPGs don't benefit from ideas known from older games, including Diablo 2. Thus, they reduce gameplay to killing and leveling up.
video games
Krzysztof Kaluzinski
February 10, 2025
Diablo 2 Creator on Canceled Expansion and Plans for Diablo 3
In a series of Tweets, renowned developer David Brevik talked about the canceled expansion for Diablo 2, as well as the original idea for the sequel.
video games
Bart Swiatek
February 16, 2021
Diablo 2 is Officially 20 Years Old
On this day, 20 years ago, Diablo II was released. The anniversary of the iconic hack'n'slash from Blizzard Entertainment was noted, among others, by director David Brevik.
video games
Jacob Blazewicz
June 29, 2020
Creators of Diablo: „The Old Blizzard is gone.”
Blizzard has been struggling with PR problems for a long time. Former employees and creators of the Diablo series, who attended the Path of Exile fan party, added their own five cents, not denying themselves the opportunity to comment on the company's recent activities.
video games
Konrad Serafinski
November 19, 2019