Moon Beast Productions raises $4.5M for action RPG
Moon Beast Productions, an independent game studio founded by industry veterans Phil Shenk, Peter Hu, and Erich Schaefer, has secured $4.5 million in seed...
Diablo co-creator Erich Schaefer joins Moon Beast Productions to make action RPG
Moon Beast Productions has announced the appointment of Diablo co-creator Erich Schaefer as chief creative officer. Schaefer will lead the creative direction of Moon...
Branching out: How limiting skill choices made Diablo 2 more fun
On Diablo 2’s 18th anniversary, Blizzard North’s designers recount the triumphs and pitfalls of growing the game’s skill trees. In the mid-1990s, computer role-playing...
The perfect storm: How Blizzard North channeled chaos to design the original Diablo
The author of a new Blizzard book, Stay Awhile and Listen, analyzes game design at one of the industry's most successful companies.
Diablo co-creator’s quest for “the $20 AAA game” (exclusive interview)
It is the highly anticipated sequel to a million-selling action role-playing game, brimming with monsters and loot – and we’re not talking about Diablo...