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Blizzard plans to acquire Spellbreak studio Proletariat to bolster World of Warcraft

Blizzard Entertainment has acquired Spellbreak maker Proletariat to beef up the staff on its World of Warcraft.

venturebeat.com

 

[lh032]

seems like Blizzard is going all out on live service games.

 

[nominedomine]

Proletariat? Seems like a great cultural fit, this will end well.

 

[VN1X]

Another win for XBOX.

 

[Fuz]

Spellbreak?

Wizard royale Spellbreak is shutting down next year

Despite trying to defy genre norms, it failed to stand out in a sea of big names.

www.pcgamer.com

 

[kanjobazooie]

More mouths for Phil Spencer to feed.

 

[tmlDan]

to work on WoW LOL

 

[Kuranghi]

Their new overlords, one year after the acquisition: "Eviscerate them!"

 

[spons]

A developer named after its consumers?

 

[adamsapple]

Never heard of these guys before, but welcome to the family son(s) !

 

[Men_in_Boxes]

Underrated get.

Technically proficient multiplayer developer who has experience with BR. Wouldn't be surprised if they're tasked helping Blizzard make their survival fantasy game.

 

[Craig of War]

Phil "Unlimited Money" Spencer at it again

 

[CitizenZ]

Spellbreak was one of those labeled as a Fortnite (Ill use the term loosely here, Killer) but it ended up being tossed in the ever building dumpster pile of Epic exclusives.

 

[lughnasadh123]

I wonder what they saw in them that thought it would make a good fit for WoW?

 

[justiceiro]

Shame, i enjoyed spell break for the time I played .

 

[chromhound]

I wonder what they saw in them that thought it would make a good fit for WoW?

To get rid of the competition

 

[LordCBH]

Damn this game was actually fun and now it's being shut down….fuck blizzard.

 

[Caffeine]

they just shut spellbreak down too lol why the fuck would u put them on wow tho. are they adding battle royale to wow now ?

 

[Dr. Claus]

they just shut spellbreak down too lol why the fuck would u put them on wow tho. are they adding battle royale to wow now ?

Probably. Blizzard has no fucking clue how to run the game anymore.

 

[killatopak]

Another company falls prey to Bobby Kotick.

 

[RoadHazard]

So they are owned by Blizzard who are owned by Activision who are (soon) owned by Microsoft who are owned by Sega.

I think.

 

[Fbh]

There's something funny about a dev called Proletariat getting bought by Activision-Blizzard.

Anyway, they seem technically competent so I guess this is a good get. Spellbreak look interesting, would have tried it out if it wasn't BR.

 

[Fess]

Phil "Unlimited Money" Spencer at it again

Isn't this Bobby "Nine lives" Kotick going at it again?

 

[DeepEnigma]

So they are owned by Blizzard who are owned by Activision who are (soon) owned by Microsoft who are owned by Sega.

I think.

Only on Wednesdays.

 

[Craig of War]

Isn't this Bobby "Nine lives" Kotick going at it again?

Same shit different toilet

 

[DavidGzz]

Dang, MS found a loophole to acquiring more studios while they are busy waiting for the AB deal to get approved? Genius.

 

[Mister Wolf]

Good pickup for Microsoft.

 

[Kamina]

 

[Black_Stride]

To work on WoW?

Blizzard already killed Vicarious for this shit, now another dev bites the dust.

I hope Phil Spencer undoes it and especially Vicarious.
Blizzard have enough devs lets get the smaller studios to do some of their own shit with the backing of a blank check.

 

[SteelCurtain 59]

It's actually kind of hilarious how they're able to acquire a developer while in the process of being acquired. No clue whether they're good or not just interesting. Probably won't have much of an impact on Xbox though I imagine unless they start making console games

 

[CatLady]

Nice, so now Xbox has their acquisitions making acquisitions for them. Good job, Blizzard.