Blizzard acquires studio behind fantasy battle royale Spellbreak

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The studio is the first for the company in more than a decade. The Boston studio Proletariat has been acquired by the company. Proletariat's Spellbreak will shut down because of this.

The company wrote on its website that it had decided to end the development of Spellbreak. The server will be shut down soon.

In 2015, Proletariat launched World Zombination, a mobile game. Proletariat created games that allowed viewers to interact and play with their favorite streamers. Proletariat launched Spellbreak in 2020 to try and break into the crowded arena of what if. The CEO of Proletariat revealed in a post that the game's novelty did not translate to financial success.

Spellbreak wasn't able to break through and reach a sustainable place where we could continue to invest in it in the way we wanted.

The company itself is in the midst of a pending acquisition by Microsoft, which is expected to conclude next year. The staff of Proletariat will transition to the World of Warcraft team as they ramp up production on the Dragonflight expansion.

It has not yet been heard back from the company.