Blizzard acquire Spellbreak studio Proletariat to bolster World of Warcraft

[Unic0rn]

Blizzard Entertainment said it plans to acquire Spellbreak maker Proletariat to beef up the staff on its massively multiplayer online role-playing game World of Warcraft.

Under the deal, Boston-based Proletariat will become part of Blizzard, and its team of 100 developers will begin working on World of Warcraft, including the Dragonflight expansion coming later this year.

https://venturebeat.com/2022/06/29/...proletariat-to-bolster-world-of-warcraft/amp/

 

[footi3]

no use la..
blizzard is a dead horse

 

[mechagnome]

.... entire expansion is depend on acquisition of external non core blizzard as new dev ...
might as well add teletubies to expansion la ...

new boss tinky winky !!!
tinky winky dance
each step is AOE damage 100k
1s stun every time he dance 10 steps
hunter must hit the inverted triangle on his head 10 times to create damage debuff so that melee can start damaging the boss for 30s
otherwise ... tinky winky is invinsible !
every 120s ... 1 raidmember turns into a tinky winky (uninteruptible)

healer kena turned into tinky winky ... annnnddd its a wipe

 

[LostandFound87]

was the studio on 800% value?

 

[Hisashiburi]

As long as the current head dev n design remains the same, doesn't matter how many people they throw at it...it will still stink

Used to luv the game but nowadays the game is really trash

 

[Unic0rn]

Main HQ office reception

Main office

Meeting Room

Senior Lead Developer Office

Senior Developer Office

 

[SMLJMIW]

the dragons on neverwinteronline look more realistic i must say.

 

[dezzo69]

buy the studio over for the staff.

staff will mostly leave in 6 months.

 

[AZE]

Sho what happened to Blizzard?
Ish neh touch blizzard games since D3/SC2.

 

[seePyou]

Sho what happened to Blizzard?
Ish neh touch blizzard games since D3/SC2.

Recycle the same shiat and expect everyone to pay for it

 

[Humster]

Blizzard GG dunno how long liao. Nowadays its just an average company wearing the skin of Blizzard.

 

[Unic0rn]

Sho what happened to Blizzard?
Ish neh touch blizzard games since D3/SC2.

Change of senior leadership, founder and president Mike Mohamine left Blizzard after being KO by Activision’s CEO Bobby.

Next prodigy that takes over is a slop long haired dude that’s wasted years of time and resources. Lots of experienced long time famous well known talents left. Huge job cuts 600 employees axed.

Microsoft going to take over and Blizzard now under co-leadership and has a manager to manage it.

 

[Unic0rn]

To better serve players in the critically acclaimed popular award-winning massive multiplayer online role-playing game World of Warcraft®.

Over the next two years plan to hire hundreds of the best developers to serve the needs of our World of Warcraft players said Bobby Kotick, Chief Executive Officer of Activision Blizzard.

"We are putting players at the forefront of everything we do, and we are working hard to both meet and exceed their expectations," said Mike Ybarra (previously Microsoft Xbox), president of Blizzard Entertainment on supporting Blizzard’s mission in bringing high-quality content to our players more often."

“World of Warcraft is one of the most influential games ever made and we can’t wait to be a part of that legacy and to help build an even brighter future for Azeroth."

"We are proud to further expand our development team and build towards welcoming more players into the Warcraft universe," said John Hight, general manager of the Warcraft franchise.

The premier developer and publisher of entertainment software renowned for creating some of the industry's most critically acclaimed games. Blizzard Entertainment's track record includes twenty-three #1 games* and multiple Game of the Year awards. The company's online gaming platform, Battle.net®, serves tens of millions of active Blizzard players.

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/blizzard-entertainment-acquires-boston-based-125500862.html

 

[Dgains]

Almost all the old guards left just another mobile game company now, for Bobby to milk dried and parachute to another co

 

[danguard]

Blizzard Entertainment said it plans to acquire Spellbreak maker Proletariat to beef up the staff on its massively multiplayer online role-playing game World of Warcraft.

Under the deal, Boston-based Proletariat will become part of Blizzard, and its team of 100 developers will begin working on World of Warcraft, including the Dragonflight expansion coming later this year.

https://venturebeat.com/2022/06/29/...proletariat-to-bolster-world-of-warcraft/amp/

wow

 

[Unic0rn]

This poster made me paid 6 months subscriptions from 2004 till 2022, 18 years

 

[Money no have]

Pricing Ok leh as their ad said Less than a can of coke a day

 

[BlackStar00]

So sad......they are like THE company to be in during the good days.

Now it's reputation stinks like mad. And the release of Diablo Immortal Mobile just made is super duper worse.

 

[Unic0rn]

Pricing Ok leh as their ad said Less than a can of coke a day

Actually is very okay even in USD convert to SGD for 6 months subscription is US$12.99/month around S$18 for 30 days that’s 60cents per day in Singapore Dollars

 

[Unic0rn]