Summary
- Blizzard is hiring a lead season designer for Diablo 4 following backlash from the community over the Season 1 patch.
- The patch made changes to the game, including nerfs to character classes, which received mixed reactions from players.
- The company is actively working to address the issues and is also hiring for other key roles, demonstrating its commitment to the game's improvement.
Blizzard is looking to hire a lead season designer for Diablo 4 according to its official careers page. This comes after the developer faced severe backlash from the community for the Diablo 4 Season 1 update.
The Season 1 patch arrived on July 18, two days before Season of the Malignant launched. The update tweaked many elements of the game, and also nerfed all the character classes in Diablo 4. The community agreed with some of the nerfs considering some Diablo 4 builds were dealing ungodly amounts of damage, but weren’t happy with a majority of the other changes made to the game. Players were seemingly united in their stance against the patch, which prompted Blizzard to announce an emergency Campfire Chat just 24 hours after the update went live. During the stream, Blizzard confirmed that it will avoid releasing such patches in the future and announced major reworks coming to the game shortly. Now, Blizzard is looking to strengthen its ranks by hiring for a key position for upcoming Diablo 4 seasons.
According to the job listing, the lead season designer position requires the candidate to have a minimum of 5 years of experience with game design, including 2 two years in a leadership position. The job description doesn’t really explain the details about the role, but the title itself is pretty straightforward, where the person in charge will be responsible for future Diablo 4 seasons. It is a hybrid role where the person can choose to work from Blizzard’s locations in New York, Texas, or California.
The reason this job listing seems interesting is simply because of its timing. There is no indication whether Blizzard is hiring for a position that has just been vacated or if this is an entirely new position. However, the fact that Blizzard is looking for new talent to reinforce the Diablo 4 team is something the community may appreciate. Additionally, Blizzard also has multiple openings for other key roles for Diablo 4, which is another good sign for the players as it shows the developer’s commitment towards the game.
Right now, Blizzard is actively trying to rectify the issues highlighted by the community with the Season 1 patch. Another Campfire Chat for Diablo 4 is scheduled to go live shortly, which will detail the changes arriving to the game with Patch 1.1.1.
Diablo 4 is available for PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.