Since the full effect of the destructive round of Microsoft exemptions becomes clearer, Blizzard announced that the mobile game Warcraft Rumble would not receive any novel content, and his programmers reported that they were released.
Warcraft Rumble was a noisy Blizzard attempt to introduce Warcraft Universe to the lucrative mobile space. Development began in 2016, and the game itself was released in 2023 as a free RTS Tower RTS game inspired by Clash of Clans. The PC version was launched at the end of last year.
IN Blog postBlizzard admitted that Warcraft Rumble “fought to find a position in relation to our ambitions related to his long -term success” and that the last attempts to improve the popularity of the game were not enough to maintain development.
The message appears as part of Blood Cath in Microsoft, in which 4%, or just over 9,000 employees, cut off the company. While most of these dismissals were outside the game industry, Xbox Studios were strongly affected. For example, Everwild Rare has been canceledIN Just like the perfect dim restart. The initiative was closed.
Elsewhere, producer Candy Crush King, suffered significant releases, as did the European Bethesda operations. Unannounced MMO from online programmers Elder Scrolls, Zenimax Online Studios, has been canceled And his team of programmers reduced. Reports indicate that the developer of Forza Turn 10 and various Call of Duty Development studies have also suffered dismissals. Microsoft has been forced to deny the rumor that under the Xbox Boss fireplace, Phox Spencer, he is to retire after the novel generation Xbox release.
Alex Apple, client engineer in Blizzard, took LinkedIn The statement that they were released “along with the entire Warcraft Rumble”. Other programmers reported similar in the game.
In his post on the blog Blizzard said that Warcraft Rumble would remain possible to play, but he would only receive updates focused on regular events in the game and error corrections.
Dear Warcraft Rumble Community,
We have an vital update about the future of Warcraft Rumble. After many considerations, we made an extremely complex decision. Going further, we will continue to operate Rumble with updates focused on regular, system events in the game and error corrections, but without novel content.
Warcraft Rumble began developing nine years ago as a love letter to Azeroth and was released in 2023, reflecting the contribution of enthusiastic players around the world and the effort of a passionate team – some of them still support Rumble or other Blizzard games, and some with whom we had to break sadly. Since the premiere of Rumble, he has been trying to find his position in relation to our ambitions because of the long -term success and for some time the team has listened to feedback from players, recall in some areas and exploration of various options. Some of these works showed signs of progress, but ultimately it was not enough to play on the way to sustainable development.
During this passage, we focus on supporting our team members. We are deeply grateful to everyone in Blizzard and the community for helping to revive Warcraft and accept joy that makes this game so unique. Your enthusiasm and opinions mean the world for us.
Fans of the game reacted with disappointment to messages, but there is no surprise, considering how the game has passed in the last two years. Most players now wave goodbye to Warcraft Rumble and its community, while sending support messages to the affected programmers.
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