Rod Fergusson, head of the Gears of War studio, will head to Blizzard to oversee Diablo

Alliance studio director Rod Fergusson left Gears of War to work on Diablo.

This may be Rod FergussonThis is by far the most surprising move, as the industry veteran has been the head of Microsoft's War Machine Custodian The Coalition for the past six years.

Starting in March, Ferguson and Blizzard will "oversee the Diablo franchise." "When I love our Gears family, fans, and everyone at Coalition and Xbox, leaving is bittersweet," he said Say goodbye to the tweet.

"It's bitter to leave because I love our Gears family, fans, and everyone at The Coalition and Xbox."

Fergusson has a long history of leading the team to the finish line. In addition to working on every mainline "Gear of War" game, Ferguson has earned a reputation of "close contact" and often appears late in the game to help its developers ship.

In late 2012, he joined Bioshock: Infinity producer Irrational Games and left shortly after the game was released. Infinite Company spent months in troubled development.

Blizzard has two announced Diablo games under development. Diablo 4 and the mobile version of Diablo are immortal.

Starting in March, I will be supervising the Diablo series with Blizzard. Leaving is bittersweet because I love our Gears family, fans, and everyone at The Coalition and Xbox. Thank you, it is an honor and a pleasure to work with everyone. pic.twitter.com/0FuO3RFYSQ

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-Rod Fergusson (@GearsViking) February 5, 2020