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Blizzard Entertainment acquires “Proletariat” that gave birth to “Spellbreak” and strengthens the development system of “World of Warcraft” «doope! Domestic and overseas game information site

Today, we introduced the topic of the end of service of the F2P fantasy battle royal RPG “Spellbreak” developed by Boston developer “Proletariat”, but Blizzard Entertainment newly reported the acquisition of “Proletariat”. , It has been revealed that “Proletariat”, which has nearly 100 developers, will participate in the development of “World of Warcraft” including the next expansion “Dragonflight”.

This came from VentureBeat’s report interviewing Blizzard Entertainment’s World of Warcraft GM John Hight and Proletariat’s CEO Seth Sivak. He is participating in the development of of Warcraft and plans to complete the integration into Blizzard Entertainment within the next few months.

Proletariat is a studio established in 2012 by veterans who were active in Insomniac, Harmonix, and Turbine, and has lead designers who worked on Asheron’s Call, Lord of the Rings Online, Dungeons & Dragons Online, etc., and is casual. He was known for his work such as the zombie strategy “World Zombination”, the original streaming-themed multiplayer TPS “Streamline”, and the battle royale “Spellbreak” featuring magical battles.

Reference: World of Warcraft – Dragonflight Expansion Trailer