ThomasJ points us to Joystiq, where we learn that Blizzard is looking to hire a PS3 specialist to join the Diablo III dev team. The Joystiq piece doesn’t link to the actual job listing, but I will.
Blizzard Entertainment is seeking an enthusiastic senior software engineer to be a key contributor on the Diablo team. This position is responsible for overseeing Playstation 3 (PS3) architecture design as well as other PS3-specific game code development to maximize platform performance.
Responsibilities
- Design, implement, and maintain game systems to work on the Playstation 3.
- Identify previously unknown issues and offer solutions.
- Be responsible for various systems including the game engine, audio, physics, tools pipeline, etc.
- Work closely with game design to ensure a great player experience.
So what do you guys think? This doesn’t guarantee that we’ll see a PS3 port of D3, and in their previous comments about console development, Blizzard only committed to, “…exploring a Diablo-related concept for consoles…” That was last November though, and it came after years of coy, *if we were going to make a console game, Diablo III would be the best option…* type blue comments. If they’re just exploring, they sure are hiring a lot of people and spending a lot of time on that exploration.
You also have to wonder what sort of back room business dealings went on between Blizzard and Microsoft/Sony, as
Click through for the full job description and requirements.
Blizzard Entertainment is seeking an enthusiastic senior software engineer to be a key contributor on the Diablo team. This position is responsible for overseeing Playstation 3 (PS3) architecture design as well as other PS3-specific game code development to maximize platform performance.
Responsibilities
- Design, implement, and maintain game systems to work on the Playstation 3.
- Identify previously unknown issues and offer solutions.
- Be responsible for various systems including the game engine, audio, physics, tools pipeline, etc.
- Work closely with game design to ensure a great player experience.
Requirements
- A minimum of 5 years game coding experience
- A minimum of 1 AAA shipped title for the PS3
- In-depth knowledge of the PS3 architecture and APIs
- Experience implementing systems to utilize the Cell CPU to the highest extent
- Low level debugging skills (including the skill to read PPC assembly)
- Experience with code and data optimization to improve both memory consumption and performance
- Fluent in C / C++
- Strong math skills (linear algebra, trigonometry, etc.)
- Able to work in a collaborative team environment
- Passion for playing console games
Pluses
- Computer science, EE, Mathematics, Physics, or a related degree
- Familiar with Diablo and other Blizzard Entertainment products
- Familiar with scripting languages
You can sort the Blizzard Jobs page to show all of the openings on the Diablo III team, and that will show you two other