StarCraft 2’s retirement was announced the same day that Team 1 was reorganized internally, Bloomberg said. Blizzard continued to work autonomously, developing games like Overwatch and World of Warcraft internally and largely remaining separate from Activision’s publishing realm of Call of Duty, Destiny, and other mega franchises.īloomberg reports that the 2018 departure of Blizzard co-founder Mike Morhaime “widely signaled the beginning of Activision’s takeover.” Two months after Morhaime left, Blizzard effectively shut down Heroes of the Storm and then, in October 2020, the company announced it was ending all development on StarCraft 2, which launched in 2010.īoth HOTS and StarCraft 2 were Blizzard Team 1 projects. Blizzard and Activision have been together since a 2008 merger that brought Vivendi Games, then Blizzard’s parent company, aboard Activision. Allen Brack.īloomberg called the move a further consolidation of control over Blizzard by publishing executives of Activision Blizzard Inc. also reported that Jen Oneal, the Vicarious Visions studio head, is now executive vice president of development for Blizzard and reports directly to Blizzard boss J. The dissolution of Vicarious Visions and its consolidation with Blizzard development was first reported on Jan. Warcraft 3: Reforged review: a relic ruined by upgrades
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