Blizzard Entertainment plans to acquire its first new studio in more than 15 years. One from VentureBeat in the report company, Boston-based studio proletariatHe said he plans to buy the . As a result of this purchase, Spellbreak, the battleroyale game developed by Proletariat, will be closed.
“After more than four years, we have decided to discontinue development of Spellbreak. Servers will be shut down from the beginning of 2023.” said.
Proletariat was founded in 2012 and released its first game, World Zombination, on mobile devices in 2015. Alongside developing traditional games, Proletariat has also worked on creating Twitch-integrated games that allow viewers to interact and play with their favorite streamers. Launched in 2020, Spellbreak was Proletariat's attempt to break into the already crowded battle royale arena. While the game offers an interesting spin on the battle royale model, Seth Sivak, CEO of Proletariat, said there was an accompanying announcement of the game's pending shutdown. In a Reddit post He explained that Spellbreak's innovation did not translate into financial success.
“Spellbreak has not reached a sustainable place where we can continue to invest as we imagined,” said Seth Sivak.
Proletariat, the company itself is a project by Microsoft that is expected to be completed next year. of the purchase He is preparing to enter the Blizzard family, as he is in the middle of nowhere. According to VentureBeat, Proletariat's staff will move to the World of Warcraft team as Blizzard ramps up production in the Dragonflight expansion. Already the two studios have been working together since May.
“We put players first in everything we do,” Blizzard president Mike Ybarra said in a statement. We work hard to meet and exceed their expectations. A critical part of taking care of the players is taking care of our teams. We want to give our teams space to explore even more creative opportunities in their projects, while making sure we have enough resources to produce experiences our communities will love. Proletariat will be an excellent choice to support Blizzard's mission of bringing high-quality content to our players more often.” said.