Rod Fergusson

Rod Fergusson

Rod Fergusson is a member of Team 3, and is the current executive producer for the Diablo IP.

Biography

Fergusson played Diablo II. He began making games c. 2000. He worked at Epic Games and later, the Coalition.

In March, 2020, he joined Blizzard Entertainment to spearhead development of the Diablo franchise. At the time, Blizzard was having trouble with the development of Diablo IV, and as a pre-existing fan of the series, Fergusson accepted their offer. Furthermore, he welcomed the challenge of working on a large-scale game. In addition to Diablo IV, he also worked on Diablo II: Resurrected. He was put in charge of the project in 2020, not long after being hired by Blizzard.

Trivia

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• Fergusson prefers playing Diablo on console rather than PC. His go-to games (as of August, 2023) are Diablo, Destiny, and Madden, and often plays co-op with his brother. He has also played The Legend of Zelda, and has continued to follow the Gears of War series after leaving The Coalition.
• His favorite class is the Necromancer. In Diablo Immortal, he plays as a Whirlwind Barbarian.
  • Despite the above preferences, Fergusson liked the Druids of the Shannara series, which he read.
• According to Blizzard employees speaking under anonymity, Fergusson held weekly Zoom meetings (dubbed "Rodcasts") during development of Diablo IV, where Team 3's attrition rate was discussed, and employee survey results shared. According to said employees, not much came out of these meetings. When asked about the issue by the Washington Post, Fergusson refused to comment.
• As of March, 2025, he has played Diablo IV for 650 hours.
• Fergusson has access to a dashboard that shows active users across all the Diablo games.