These days, Blizzard is a organization that doesn’t frequently department out into state-of-the-art universes. Overwatch and Hearthstone come to thoughts as truly current new IPs for the organization, however even Hearthstone is ready withinside the Warcraft universe. Today, Blizzard discovered that it’s making that uncommon step out into a brand new universe through manner of a survival recreation, that is a primary for the organization.
Blizzard has attempted its hand at real-time strategy, movement RPG, MMO, MOBA, FPS, or even racing video games withinside the past, however as much as this point, we’ve in no way visible the organization make a survival recreation. Unfortunately, there are subsequent to no information about this survival recreation on the moment, as Blizzard’s best point out of it comes from a tweet that’s recruiting builders and architects for the name.
In fact, in that tweet, Blizzard even refers back to the mission as an “unannounced survival recreation,” which appears odd now that the organization has stated its existence. However, the tweet does affirm the sport is ready in an “all-new universe,” in order cool as a Diablo or Warcraft-themed survival recreation could be, it seems like we’re now no longer getting it with this new name.
The tweet additionally capabilities what we expect is a chunk of idea artwork for the sport, which depicts an armored hunter or ranger sporting an ax and kneeling in the front of what appears suspiciously like a portal. It simply has that “Blizzard fantasy” experience to it, however there isn’t a great deal we will glean from it with out extra information from the studio.
Considering that Blizzard is revealing this recreation as a part of a name for applicants, we’re in all likelihood nonetheless an extended manner off from release, too. Blizzard is a organization that traditionally has taken its time growing video games, so it can thoroughly be years earlier than this survival name is released.
Blizzard has been withinside the information plenty lately, mostly due to a sexual harassment and abuse scandal that has enveloped the organization and induced the departures of numerous high-profile individuals. With that scandal nonetheless unfolding, Microsoft lately introduced its purpose to buy Activision Blizzard for nearly $70 billion.
That deal isn’t anticipated to shut till someday in Microsoft’s 2023 financial year, which starts in July 2022. We’ll permit realize while extra is introduced each approximately this recreation and the capability Microsoft acquisition, however we is probably ready some time on each fronts.