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Then: Blizzard North's Diablo 2
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Then: Blizzard North's Diablo 2
Before World of Warcraft, the Diablo series was Blizzard Entertainment's bread and butter. The dark, violent clickfest engrossed countless players with randomly generated dungeons, online multiplayer, and a mind-boggling number of items to collect. The series was created by Blizzard North, under David Brevik and Max and Erich Schaefer. Just a few years after Diablo 2 was released, Brevik and the Schaefers, as well as a handful of other Blizzard North developers, left the company to work on...