Ian Carlos Campbell is a Contributing Reporter at Engadget, where he covers the big companies making screens for your pockets, and the weird ways they intersect with entertainment industry. Prior to Engadget, Ian was an Associate Editor at Inverse focused on AR, VR and mobile technology.
that it will no longer be developing new content for the free-to-play mobile strategy game , and instead focus on"regular, systemic in-game events and bug fixes." The change comes as the rest of Microsoft 's business is in upheaval: The company ishasn't been living up to expectations.
The game"struggled to find its footing" relative to Blizzard's ambitions, prompting the studio to explore different options to improve it over the last few years."Some of that work showed signs of progress, but ultimately wasn’t enough to put the game on a path to sustainability," Blizzard writes., the game was a high-profile attempt to translate a popular Blizzard franchise into something that works on smartphones and tablets., where miniaturized armies face off in PVP or singe-player challenges, and the biggest strategic choices are when and where characters are placed.is a direct result of the wider Microsoft layoffs effecting Blizzard. While some of the team who created new content forwill be given new roles at the studio, others will be let go, according to a staff email sent by Blizzard president Johanna Fairies thatviewed. Blizzard's public statement doesn't acknowledge these layoffs beyond a mention that the studio is"focused on supporting teammates," which is telling in context.will live on for now in a diminished state, some future Xbox games have been outright cancelled as a result of Microsoft's restructuring, including
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