The allegations of sexual harassment and discrimination of employees have led to an exodus at Activision Blizzard , as many employees were released into controversy due to their involvement. Diablo 4 also lost two of his leading employees with Game Director Luis Barriga and Lead Designer Jesse McCree . As a substitute for Barriga, Design Lead Joe Shely was officially confirmed. As a design lead, which has worked on this gloomy, shared open-world action roleplay from the beginning, I am honored to continue the vision of Diablo 4 as a new Game Director, and I am honored to the team too Representing his heart into this game. Joe Shely wrote on the Blizzard website. How many of you has thought our team about the latest events. Since our last blog, a lot has happened and the hard work on the values we strive to go on. Parallel to this important work, the development of Diablo 4 continues.