Blizzard Entertainment acquires first studio in more than 15 years. In a report from VentureBeat, the company acquired Boston-based studio Proletariat.

Blizzard Entertainment acquires first studio in over 15 years. In a report from VentureBeat, the company acquired Boston-based studio Proletariat.

"After more than four years of combining elemental magic and spells, we have decided to end development of Spellbreak," the company writes on its website. "These servers will be shut down in early 2023.

Proletariat was founded in 2012 and launched its first game World Zombies on mobile devices in 2015. In addition to developing traditional games, Proletariat is also working on creating Twitch integrated games , allowing viewers to interact and play with their favorite streamers, Spellbreak was launched in 2020 as Proletariat's attempt to break into the already crowded battle royale scene, although the game presented an interesting idea on the battle royale mode. But Proletariat CEO Seth Sivak revealed in a post on Reddit that the game was about to stop updating and that Spellbreak's novelty had not translated into financial success.

"Spellbreak was unable to break through and reach a sustainable level. levels, we can continue to invest in it in the ways we dream of," Sivak wrote.

Proletariat is about to enter the Blizzard family as the company itself is in the midst of an upcoming acquisition by Microsoft , which is expected to happen sometime next year Over. As Blizzard invests more in the production of the Dragonflight ( World of Warcraft ) expansion, Proletariat staff will transition to the World of Warcraft team, with the two studios having been working together since May .