Blizzard takes over a new studio and lets it work on WoW

Blizzard Entertainment has acquired the indie development studio Proletariat for an unspecified sum.

Proletariat is responsible for the Battle Royale Spellbreak and is intended to support the development of World of WarCraft in the future.

From Spellbreak to Dragonflight

To report According to the studio has been working with Blizzard since May and is involved in the development of the upcoming WoW expansion Dragonflight.

Earlier this week, Proletariat announced that it would stop developing Spellbreak, and the game’s servers will go offline in early 2023.

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“Spellbreak was an ambitious project that required our team to push the boundaries of design and development,” it says. “We look forward to continuing to develop new titles. Thank you to all Spellbreak fans around the world for the support and dedication that has made the game and community so special.”

The Dragonflight expansion for World of Warcraft will be released later this year. However, a specific date has not yet been set.