IT House July 2 news, Activision Blizzard announced that Blizzard Entertainment has acquired Boston-based game studio Proletariat, the studio will continue to develop “World of Warcraft”, and will expand more developers to meet the needs of players. A “big appetite” for new content.
According to reports, Proletariat focuses on MMORPG games and has developed “Spellbreak”, etc., and recently released the battle royale game “Spellbreak”. Blizzard also confirmed that its more than 100 employees will also serve the “World of Warcraft” development team and Participate in the production of the upcoming DLC ”Dragon Legion”.
Activision Blizzard announced Friday that Blizzard’s acquisition of Proletariat has closed, adding some additional details. CEO Bobby Kotick said the company plans to hire “hundreds more” of developers over the next two years to “meet the needs of the World of Warcraft player base.”
“Proletariat’s professional team will be a key part of our talent acquisition efforts,” Kotick said. Blizzard President Mike Ybarra also issued his own statement, saying the acquisition of Proletariat will help “meet and exceed” player expectations.
Ybarra said: “We put our players at the forefront of our work, and we are working hard to meet and exceed their expectations. And a key element of looking after our players is taking care of our team – making sure we have the resources to create community engagement Love content and give the team room to explore more creative opportunities. As a developer supporting Blizzard in bringing high-quality content to players more frequently, Proletariat is an obvious fit.”
Activision Blizzard says Proletariat will be “fully integrated” into Blizzard in the coming months.
According to VentureBeat, as part of the agreement, Proletariat will become a sub-studio of Blizzard, and its 100 developers will contribute to the development of World of Warcraft, including this year’s upcoming Dragonflight expansion, and Proletariat’s latest The game “Spellbreaker” will be officially shut down in 2023.
In addition, veteran Activision studio Vicarious Visions has also recently been merged into Blizzard to contribute to the “Diablo” series.
IT House understands that the terms of Blizzard’s deal with Proletariat have not yet been disclosed, but it is certain that this is the company’s first large-scale acquisition since the acquisition of swing Ape in 2005.
Blizzard’s “World of Warcraft” general manager John High (John height) said that the acquisition of Proletariat deal will help Blizzard meet the needs of “World of Warcraft” users.
“As you may have realized, World of Warcraft players have a voracious appetite for new content in the game,” said Haight. “Over the past year, we’ve found that we need to create more content, and we need to hurry up too. Put that in the hands of the players.”
Heit said Proletariat was a good fit for Blizzard because the team has extensive experience with medieval fantasy and stylized art, common themes in World of Warcraft. Blizzard allegedly started communicating with Proletariat in December 2021, and the studio has been working with Blizzard since May of this year.
It is worth mentioning that Proletariat Studio was founded in 2012 by people who previously worked at Harmonix, Turbine and Insomniac, and its employees have been involved in the development of projects such as Lord of the Rings Online and Dungeons and Dragons.
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