Diablo III Art Director Leaves Blizzard - 1up.com

Recently, Kotaku reported that Blizzard was listing a job opening for an Art Director to "lead the Diablo 3 team." Those very vocal individuals who signed the petition to have Blizzard change their artistic style probably felt like justice was finally being served with previous art director Brian Morrisroe gone, but did his departure have anything to do with the minor controversy over Diablo?
Blizzard says not so. Their official response to the Multiplayer blog regarding the matter follows:
"Regarding Brian, he recently resigned to form a startup technology company (outside the game industry), which is why we've posted about the open position. This change won't impact the game.... We're really pleased with the look and feel that Brian helped create for Diablo 3, and the new person we bring onboard will work with the other artists on the team to maintain the art style moving forward."
Morrisroe's reason for leaving sounds pretty legit to us. Besides, would Blizzard or a Blizzard employee really let an internet petition bother them during such a critical time of development? - looking at this news there's a good chance that the game will delay.. wonder how long it's gonna take them this time.