Jay Wilson has been Game Director for Diablo III for seven years now and has done an amazing job. However, Jay will be leaving Diablo III behind as he moves on to other projects at Blizzard Entertainment. In a post on battle.net, Jay mentions that although he will no longer be working directly on Diablo III, it doesn’t mean that Diablo will be anything less than amazing. He continued on to say that Diablo isn’t the work of just one person and the team who created Diablo III will still continue to support the game.
“I recently celebrated my seven-year anniversary working on Diablo III, and while it’s been one of the most challenging and rewarding periods of my life, I’ve reached a point creatively where I’m looking forward to working on something new. The powers that be at Blizzard have been gracious enough to give me that opportunity. Over the course of the next several weeks, I will be moving off of the Diablo III project and transitioning elsewhere within Blizzard. This decision was not an easy one for me, and not one I made quickly, but ultimately it’s what I feel is right.”
Jay Wilson is an incredibly talented man with a passion for what he does and it really shows up in his work. Like many others that work at Blizzard, Jay consistently thanks the fans for their support and in his post about leaving Diablo III, he does just that.
If you haven’t watched any of his videos about the Diablo III development process I would encourage you to check them out. You can see an interview with Jay Wilson where he is discussing a bit about Diablo here.
The original post about him leaving the Diablo III team is on battle.net and can be found here.
