Rod Fergusson, the venerated game industry producer who joined Blizzard Entertainment to oversee the Diablo franchise, has built a reputation as a trusted leader with real experience from the trenches of game development. Reporting on Dia blo IV’s troubled development indicated his stewardship, and his hiring of game director Joe Shely, helped get an unstable project back on track and revitalized developer motivation to make the next great Diablo game. More Diablo 4
That stewardship gives Fergusson authority to speak on how game industry leaders need to behave in the midst of a major layoff crisis. His most relevant advice was this: “be empathetic…these people aren’t knobs and dials.”