And moments ago, barely 20 minutes as of 4:25 PM EST comes another layoff in the gaming world and this one is huge. The entire Warcraft Rumble team was laid off today. And remember, this was around 1:00 PM California time, with four more hours to go in the regular work day. For those that don’t know. Warcraft Rumble was the first foray by Blizzard as a mobile-only title that was not preceded by one of their PC titles. (Their first mobile game was the very successful card game, Hearthstone in 2014 which is also available on PC, and then Diablo Immortal which is based on the Diablo PC franchise but originally conceived to be a mobilize-only addition to their suite of games.). To round this out, Blizzard Activision was purchased by Microsoft and the transaction was completed in 2023. Warcraft Rumble faced challenges from the start with subscriber size and and engagement. Some analysts say the size was in the tens of thousands which is woefully small for the Blizzard world. Some cited poor App Store and Play store performance in early 2024. And these are not the only layoffs in the industry.
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