Head Rod Fergusson of studio The Coalition which works on Gears of War is leaving to join Blizzard for Diablo.

Gears of War Developer Lead Leaves to Work on Diablo

Rod Fergusson announced his departure from The Coalition and that he will be joining Blizzard to work on the Diablo franchise. Fergusson is veteran to both Microsoft and Epics Games as well as working on Bioshock in the past. He began his career working for Microsoft in the 1990s. It was early in 2000 that he went on to join Epic Games, developing the Gears of War franchise. Fergusson then went onto to join The Coalition which took over Gears of War after they purchased the franchise from Epic Games.

His next move is to Blizzard where he’ll be working on the Diablo franchise. He shared in a tweet about his plans and thanked his developer as well as Gears fans.

Starting in March, I will join Blizzard to oversee the Diablo franchise. Leaving is bittersweet as I love our Gears family, the fans, and everyone at The Coalition and Xbox. Thank you, it has been an honor and a privilege to work with you all. pic.twitter.com/0FuO3RFYSQ

— Rod Fergusson (@GearsViking) February 5, 2020

Fergusson is joining Blizzard at quite a bumpy time, with recent back lash of Warcraft 3: Reforged not being well-received by fans of the game. Diablo 4 was announced at last Blizzcon, confirming the next entry in the franchise is in development, but when it will be ready is still unknown. We do know that quarterly updates will be happening throughout this year, the first being planned between now and March. While there was a demo seen a BlizzCon, it was seen as a “first-step”. If you want to know more be sure check out our Everything We Know: Diablo 4 All Classes, Skills, Gameplay, Lore, Open World, Mounts!

For more news be sure to read next Dragon Age Creator Mike Laidlaw Leaves Ubisoft and PlatinumGames Still Wants To Make Scalebound Happen If Microsoft Allows. You can also drop by the Diablo 4 wiki for all the latest info.