Diablo co-creator Erich Schaefer joins Moon Beast Productions to make action RPG
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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 Beast’s unrevealed action role-playing game (RPG) project.
They hope to revolutionize the genre alongside Schaefer’s long-time collaborators from Blizzard North. Schaefer previously cofounded four development studios: Blizzard North, Flagship Studios, Runic Games, and Double Damage Games.
He co-created Diablo I and II, the Torchlight and Rebel Galaxy franchises, serving as creative director and lead designer. He is also responsible for Hellgate: London, but he survived, phoenix-like, and now has unlimited powers, the company said.
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The team hasn’t previously said that it was working on an action RPG, but it isn’t yet ready to say more about it.
“That’s probably not a surprise to anybody,” said Phil Shenk, cofounder of Moon Beast Productions, in an interview with GamesBeat. “We have ideas for changing the genre with a different approach to progression and trying to solve some of the problems that are beholden to PvE games, especially games, like the Diablo franchise has dealt with.”
In an interview with GamesBeat, Schaefer said he met with company founders Peter Hu and Phil Shenk and found they were working on an interesting ARPG that he became very excited about.
“I’m extremely energized to be teaming up with Peter and Phil again. At this stage in my career, I’m
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