Diablo creator to lead Marvel MMO development

Diablo was a MUD, not MMO... this means absolutely nothing.

Nice. Hulk dual wielding broadswords FTW

Oh boy...

The last time a Diablo guy went and made himself an MMO, we got Hellgate: London (epic fail, if you're unfamiliar).

Past performance don't mean much in this industry... Countless "celebrity" devs have went on to make total flops.

A good IP don't mean too much either... Star Wars: Galaxies, anyone?

I sure hope they don't fuckin' chunk it with Marvel...

I know it's off topic, but is the picture in this post available as a poster? That shit would rock my walls.

But is this the kiddie one? I mean, not that there's anything wrong about that. But if it is, I suspect it won't be all that hardcore, in the context if it being done by the guy who created Diablo.

Wolverine is too tall in that picture.

Please to fix.

So, just a lil pick at the post, but it's not suprising at all that Volition "went from" Saints Row 2 to Red Faction Guerilla since (correct me if I'm wrong) they created the first two Red Faction games (great games) last generation and then went to Saints Row for the 360.

Someone go find me a wallpaper like that!

Yeah, action MMOs rule, cause Age of Conan was so awesome, right? Fucking moron.

"Voltition goes from Saint's Row to the radical Red Faction: Guerrilla? Who saw that coming?). "

Saint's Row was a blemish in an otherwise great run. A better line would be "Volition goes from Freespace and Red Faction to Saint's Row? Who saw that coming". The original Red Faction was an underrated but highly enjoyable shooter, and the Freespace series is one of the best space sims availalbe, the match of anything short of Tie Fighter. The aborration is that they went from that to laboring in relative obscurity on the Saint's Row series, which, while not bad, are defined by their inability to stand out in general.

Anyway, it isn't so much the design chops of the blizzard folks that defined them, but their obsession in making something so polished and approachable. If that attitude carries over to the new organization developing the Marvel MMO it has a serious chance, but if the new dev house isn't willing to commit to that the addition of blizzard talent matters fairly little.

...Capt America's legs turn into tiny ankles in a hurry.

"Volition goes from Saint's Row to the radical Red Faction: Guerrilla? Who saw that coming?"

Um... every single person who gave Saints Row a fair shake and thus discovered that it out-GTA'd GTA itself?

There are two of Spider-Man in that picture! Also, what the hell is Magneto doing all the way back there?!