Diablo co-creator and Blizzard co-founder says it's a "brutal" time for AAA games, and it's "really stressful to do anything" with Diablo 4 out of fear of players with big expectations

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Even Blizzard veteran David Brevik is feeling the crush of a high-budget video game industry seemingly collapsing in on itself through things like layoffs, $55 billion buyouts, and AI evangelism.

Speaking to PCGamesN, the Blizzard co-founder and Diablo co-creator describes a "super risky" landscape for those in the business of making "giant games," presumably like Diablo 4, which is getting attacked from all sides – Brevik says meeting player expectations is difficult, too.

Ashley Bardhan
Ashley Bardhan
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Ashley is a Senior Writer at GamesRadar+. She's been a staff writer at Kotaku and Inverse, too, and she's written freelance pieces about horror and women in games for sites like Rolling Stone, Vulture, IGN, and Polygon. When she's not covering gaming news, she's usually working on expanding her doll collection while watching Saw movies one through 11.

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