Posts Tagged: veterans’
Diablo co-creator Erich Schaefer is making an action RPG with a studio of Blizzard North veterans
With Diablo IV set to arrive later this year, 2023 will be a big year for action RPGs. But there’s more to look forward to beyond this year. On Thursday, Moon Beast Productions – an indie studio founded by Phil Shenk and Peter Hu, two former Blizzard North developers – announced the hiring of Diablo series co-creator Erich Schaefer. In an interview with GamesBeat, the studio said Schaefer will serve as lead creator director on a new action RPG. Details on the project are sparse, but what Moon Beast shared with Schaefer was reportedly enough to convince him to come out of retirement.
“We have ideas for changing the genre with a different approach to progression and trying to solve some of the problems that are beholden to PvE games, especially games, like the Diablo franchise has dealt with,” Shenk told GamesBeat. All three men worked on Diablo II. Notably, Shenk is credited as the game’s lead character artist, and was responsible for designing the appearance of a few of the game’s character classes, including the necromancer and assassin. Lord of Destruction, Diablo II’s excellent 2001 expansion, features a tribute to Shenk in the form of a monster you must slay to complete one of Act V’s quests.
Schaefer told GamesBeat Moon Beast currently employs about 12 people, making it smaller than many of the other studios working in the ARPG genre. The good news is Schaefer has plenty of experience leading small teams. At Runic Games, he made Torchlight with a team of about 25 people. "I want to work on projects that are fun and genuinely try to do something different," Schaefer said. "It’s impressive what the Moon Beast team has built in such a short time. It fired up my imagination with possibilities, and that's a huge part of why I wanted to come aboard."
This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/diablo-co-creator-erich-schaefer-is-making-an-action-rpg-with-a-studio-of-blizzard-north-veterans-232322721.html?src=rss
Engadget is a web magazine with obsessive daily coverage of everything new in gadgets and consumer electronics
Celebrating Veterans Day
From heartwarming homecoming videos to personal vlogs about their service experiences, veterans turn to YouTube to help share their stories and form community. Thanks to their videos, we’ve been able to learn about some of the incredible individuals who serve our country, whether it’s Missy Lynn speaking out about her experience in the Air Force, Nick Bare chronicling his journey from the start of a new business to his last day in the Army, or a son sharing his Army Veteran father’s experience with dementia.
Ahead of this year’s Veterans Day, YouTube is sharing a new video to honor veterans for their service and all of the things they do every day — for their families, for their communities, and for our nation. To those of us who haven’t served, Veterans Day is also an opportunity for us to better understand what it means to be a member of the armed forces — in any country — and the contributions and sacrifices that military personnel and their families make on our behalf.
Every Veterans Day, we see a resurgence in popularity of certain video genres on YouTube, including surprise reunions and homecoming videos. Millions of people have been moved by these videos of veterans coming together with their loved ones, so to pay tribute to these special moments, we’re also revealing a list of top viewed veteran homecoming videos on the platform:
- German Shepherd Fetches Ball, Returns to Find His Soldier Home from Deployment (21M+ views)
- Scuba Soldier – Back From Afghanistan Early – Surprises Family (19M+ views)
- Soldier welcomed home by happy dog!!! Drill Weekend (15M+ views)
- Cat Welcomes Home Soldier (awesome) (13M+ views)
- Dog Welcomes Home Soldier…Again (12M+ views)
- Soldier Surprises His Son (9M+ views)
- U.S. Marine Surprises His Sister During College Graduation Ceremony (9M+ views)
- Soldier Surprises Younger Sister At School, Tears Follow (9M+ views)
- Soldier dad surprises son during school assembly (8M+ views)
- Military Son Surprises Dad at 70th Birthday Party (7M+ views)
- A Heartwarming Surprise Military Reunion (7M+ views)
- U.S. Soldier Surprises Her Son During High School Football Game (7M+ views)
- U.S. Soldier Surprises Sister During High School Lunch Raffle (6M+ views)
- Soldiers Surprise Daughter at School Magic Show! (6M+ views)
- Soldier Surprises Mother in Kitchen (6M+ views)
- Airman comes home to handicapped dog from 6 month deployment! (6M+ views)
- Soldier Coming Home; Dog’s Reaction (6M+ views)
- Military Mom Surprises Son at School (5M+ views)
- Woman Sobs Uncontrollably at the Surprise Return of Her Husband, a U.S. Army Soldier (5M+ views)
- Surprise Military Family Welcome Home at South Carolina Football Game (5M+ views)
Today and every day, we at YouTube want to say thank you, veterans, for all you have done and continue to do for our country.
Danielle Tiedt, Chief Marketing Office at YouTube, recently watched “Military Hair and Makeup Tutorial.”
The VA will now pay for veterans’ robotic legs
the VA is implementing a new national policy, in which certain veterans who have suffered spinal cord injuries will be eligible for robotic legs from ReWalk, courtesy of the agency.
The post The VA will now pay for veterans’ robotic legs appeared first on Digital Trends.