What Diablo III Classes Are Game Developers Playing As?

PC Gamer has conducted a small survey with game developers to see what classes they are going to play Blizzard’s much-awaited and now really close to release hack’n’slash threequel Diablo III, which, if nothing else, proves just how popular the title is going to be even among game-makers. Here’s a few choices:

RUNIC GAMES
(creators of Torchlight II)
Witch Doctor Max Schaefer, CEO, Runic Games
(I’m rolling a Witch Doctor because it’s the weirdest class. I usually end up just wanting to mash things, so I’ll go Barbarian eventually, but my first will be a Witch Doctor for sure.)

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GASLAMP GAMES
(creators of Dungeons of Dredmor)
Witch Doctor or Wizard Nicholas Vining, Technical Director, Lead Programmer
(It’s a toss-up between Witch Doctor and Wizard. On the one hand, I’m a sucker for voodoo references; on the other hand, there’s a lot to love about time manipulation. The ideal solution is that the game industry stops discriminating against voodoo practitioners and gives them access to time manipulation magic, but until that day comes we’ll have to make tough decisions.)

GAS POWERED GAMES
(creators of Age of Empires Online)
Barbarian Chris Taylor, CEO and Founder
(Sadly my answer is Barbarian, because you have to be a Barbarian in real life to raise 4 boys. When I was in the beta, I played Barbarian too. You’d think I would want to reach out, try something new. My experimentation years are behind me now; I just want to smash monsters in the mouth and grab the loot.)

I’m a little puzzled that “creators of Age of Empires Online” is how PC Gamer has chosen to define Gas Powered Games, but I guess a developer is only as good as the last game they’ve put out.