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"At the same time, we want to convey that Blizzard's success has never been attributable to any one person or small group of individuals, and I am confident that we have the teams in place to continue creating some of the best games in the world."
Blizzard does not believe that these resignations will <u>cause any significant delays or have long-term negative effects on the "Diablo®" series or other projects in development</u>.</blue>
The last line of that press release was patently ridiculous, since less than two weeks later Blizzard announced<ref>[http://www.gamespot.com/news/6071481.html?tag=result;title;0 Blizzard Press Release] - Gamespot, July 2003</ref> a new Blizzard North leader, and slipped in mention that the second project they'd been working on was being shelved.
<blue>"Diablo ... well, it is obviously a very important franchise to us. And I would say, that as with Starcraft and Warcraft, we will certainly get back to it at some point. We are focusing currently on World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King and content associated with World of Warcraft and Starcraft II. We do have some other things in development, and we are not ready to talking about it yet, but what I can say is that we do love that franchise. And its something that we will get to revisit at some point."</blue>
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