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Bill Roper quits **

[subject_blizzard]There are rumors that some of the key employees at Blizzard have resigned to "pursue other opportunities." Exactly what they will do next is not mentioned, and how it will effect future Blizzard products is almost impossible to say today, but we all hope that this won't be the end of our below gamecreator company.

This is what SCLegacy tells us:
"Vivendi Universal has announced in a statement that Bill Roper, the vice president of Blizzard Entertainment, and the other three founders, Erick Shaefer, Max Schaefer, and David Brevek, have "resigned from the company to pursue other opportunities." No words has confirmed that these rumors are true. Blizzard Entertainment is seen as one Vivendi Universal Games most attractive assets, and a number of game companies have shown their interests in purchasing Blizzard as a stand-alone asset. Vivendi has subsequently trashed all of these offers in an effort to sell its games department as a complete entity."

It isn't just those people that have resigned from Blizzard in a short while. Chris Miller, one of the designers of Warcraft II, and Ron Miller, the main director of Starcraft: Ghost, both left and are now working on a game called "Goblin Commander: Unleash the Horde" for Jaleco Entertainment.

Click on the link named 'Yahoo Finance' for more information about the statement from Vivendi.

Updates
17:15 Updated the title to "Bill Roper Quits" from "Blizzard Rumours"

17:30 GameSpot PC Games has made an interview with Bill Roper himself about the resignment from Blizzard North. Bill Roper tells us that this group of four (Erick Shaefer, Max Schaefer, David Brevek, and himslef) are really excited about the possibilities that lie ahead of them since the resignment. You can read the interview on » GameSpot.com.

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