Blizzard acquires Spellbreak Developer to work on World of Warcraft

In case you missed it somehow, Spellbreak Developer Proletariat announced yesterday that the magical battle royale video game will be ending development and that its servers will be shutting down in early 2023. The timing may have seemed a bit strange to some with nothing else in the pipeline for the developer. Well, now the other shoe has been abandoned as it has been announced that Blizzard has acquired Proletariat to work on it. world of cans.

as such reported by VentureBeatThe team at Proletariat has been working with world of cans The team has been since May and some of the team’s contributions will appear in reality World of Wacraft: DragonflightThe new expansion was announced in April 2022 and is due to be launched before the end of the year. The exact terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.

Mike Ybarra, president of Blizzard Entertainment, said as part of a statement he shared VentureBeat. “A big part of caring for our teams is making sure we have the resources to produce experiences our communities will love while giving our teams space to explore more creative opportunities within their projects. Proletariat is well-suited to supporting Blizzard’s mission to deliver high-quality content for our players often.”

According to the report, Blizzard has started looking for external partners to help world of cans Content at the end of last year, the “proletariat” was in the shortlist. My first conversation with Seth [Sivak, CEO of Proletariat,] back in December,” said John Hyet, world of cans General Manager of Blizzard, to VentureBeat. “I really liked him. And then the team felt he had a lot in common and had a lot of knowledge world of cans. The team had the ability to do stylized art, which we do, and work within medieval fantasy, which we love. And they had a lot of fans. so who are they [sic] Our discussions followed.

As mentioned above, Spellbreak The sunset officially takes place early next year. The developer, Proletariat, works with Blizzard Entertainment and world of cans Since May, according to the report, it will be fully integrated into the company over the next several months. The next expansion of the popular MMORPG, World of Warcraft: DragonflightIt is expected to be released before the end of the year. You can see all of our previous coverage of Blizzard Entertainment in general here.

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