Diablo 4’s Lead Class Designer joins LoL, Valorant dev for huge “unannounced title” 

Adam Jackson, the lead class designer for Blizzard’s Diablo 4 departed the iconic games studio after 15 years of work. Most known for his work on the latest Diablo game, Jackson has now joined League of Legends developer Riot Games for a brand-new unannounced title. 

Diablo 4 dev jumps to Riot

In a post on Twitter (or X if you’re like that), Jackson revealed that they are jumping on board a mysterious new title at Riot Games. 

“I’m happy to say that I’ve joined Riot Games as a Senior Manager working on an unannounced title,” Jackson told fans. “I can’t say anything about it now, but I look forward to the day where you all can try it out!”

Fans of Jackson’s work on Diablo and World of Warcraft immediately took to the post, wondering whether the developer is working on a new ARPG or an MMO set in one of Riot’s universes. 

Years ago, Riot Games did announce their own ARPG (or Diablo-like if we take Rod Fergusson’s term for it) dubbed Project F. Announced alongside other titles like Project V, the title was in the Runeterra universe and was planned to be a huge competitor for Diablo in the same vein as Path of Exile. The game has been missing for almost five years.  

Furthemore, Riot Games is working on its own MMORPG. As explained by Riot co-founder Marc Merill, the studio is still working hard on its unannounced MMO title, and Jackson’s history with the genre could prove fruitful for its development when (or if) it releases. 

As the mind behind Diablo 4’s classes, Jackson has earned a great degree of pedigree. Vessel of Hatred’s Spiritborn immediately became one of the most used classes in Diablo history, although many fans are still waiting for the teased Holy Class to join the fray. 

While we have no idea what the ex-Diablo 4 developer is working on, it’s exciting nonetheless. After all, who doesn’t want to know what secret, unannounced games are in the works at Riot? 

For more Diablo coverage, read about how D4 fans are worried annual expansions are already over or how D3 and D4 developers are changing release structures to avoid conflicting season dates.