Fergusson joined Blizzard in 2020 after a long career as head of Gears of War studio The Coalition.
Five years after leaving Gears of War studio The Coalition to take the reins of the Diablo series at Blizzard, Rod Fergusson is calling it a day.
«After five years driving the Diablo franchise with four big launches, it’s time to step away from Blizzard/Microsoft, sword in hand, and see what’s next», Fergusson wrote on Bluesky. «I’m proud of what we’ve built and excited for what’s ahead for Diablo, and for me.»
Fergusson’s had a long and storied career in the game industry, beginning at Microsoft in the mid 1990s. He served as producer on the original Gears of War and two sequels, made a brief trip to Irrational to help wrap up BioShock Infinite, and then shifted over to The Coalition (then known as Black Tusk Studios) to return to Gears, which had been acquired by Microsoft.
In 2020, he declared it was «time for a new adventure» and made the move to Blizzard to oversee the Diablo series, following the departure of Blizzard co-founders Mike Morhaime and Frank Pearce a year earlier.
