The developers outsourced all of the actual architecture and graphics. The Blizzard team can barely manage limp-wristed patches. Must be nice to get a 6 figure salary doing literally nothing all day. Must be nice.
…and then they became a part of blizz and had them start working on immortal and d4, so what is your point? D2R was always a side project, main goal was always to acquire VV.
Vicarious Visions was acquired by Activision back in 2005, which predates the Vivendi (Blizzard Entertainment) merger with Activision. (2008)
Unrelated to any of this topic. Complaining about 6 figure people doing nothing? That’s the corporate american way baby! Freedom!
Vicarious visions had the coolest art graphic in Tony Hawk for when their logo popped up