Blizzard Entertainment has revealed a new survival game as part of a fresh new original concept. Warcraft, Diablo, StarCraft, and Overwatch are just a few of the titles created by the studio. Microsoft just purchased Activision Blizzard, the publisher of Blizzard’s popular gaming franchise, giving the Xbox creator full ownership of Blizzard’s entire catalogue. Blizzard has amassed a sizable following of gamers over the years thanks to a slew of popular properties. However, Activision Blizzard’s treatment of female employees, including ongoing litigation, has resulted in poor news for the corporation and its games.
Blizzard appears to be focusing all of its efforts on the planned sequel to the team-based shooter Overwatch, as there hasn’t been much in the way of new content for the game in months. Diablo IV, a third-person action role-playing game, will be released as a sequel to 2013’s Diablo 3. Back in November of 2021, when Overwatch 2 and Diablo IV were put on hold, Blizzard’s pipeline was bare. Blizzard Entertainment has now revealed that it is working on a brand-new survival game in its development division.
With a focus on PC and consoles, the game is part of a “huge domain of possibilities, ready to be explored” that is an entirely new intellectual property. In the early stages of development, Blizzard is looking for artists, designers, and engineers to help shape this new experience. Few details have been revealed about the project’s world other than some early concept drawings, which appears to depict a fantastical environment. Despite the fact that Blizzard hasn’t developed an original game since Overwatch in 2016, the company did collaborate with Vicarious Visions on a recent remaster.
By the time it was launched in September of 2021, Diablo 2: Resurrected had been a critical and commercial failure. Resurrected server troubles made it impossible for many people to even play Diablo 2, and those who were able to access the contemporary role-playing game encountered several flaws.
There were a few major flaws, such as characters disappearing and server instability, however Blizzard was able to address these concerns through many patches. Blizzard Entertainment’s survival game appears to be a new approach for the popular company, despite the fact that very little is known about the project. The concept image depicts a beautiful fantasy realm, and the project’s description promises to transport gamers to a new and intriguing location. Blizzard is looking for new talent to aid with the creation of the survival game, which is still in the early phases of development.