Diablo co-creator David Brevik is one of the industry's most influential figures, helping to popularize the action-RPG genre at large. His devilish dungeon crawler and its iconic sequel, Diablo 2, are widely regarded among the best RPGs of all time. He and several of his fellow executives then split from Blizzard in 2003, and he went on to work on the likes of Hellgate: London and Marvel Heroes before founding publishing house Skystone Games in 2020. Diablo 4, meanwhile, has continued to grow and twist into a gargantuan, live-service behemoth that has become the status quo, and often feels outmaneuvered by its smaller rivals. I recently had the chance to chat with Brevik at length, and I asked him how he feels about the current state of the series.
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