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Blizzard’s Hearthstone Team Suffers Round of Layoffs
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<blockquote data-quote="Admin" data-source="post: 60814" data-attributes="member: 1"><p>Blizzard has suffered a round of layoffs at its Hearthstone development team.</p><p></p><p></p><p>In a statement issued to IGN, Activision Blizzard confirmed the layoffs, without specifying the number of staff affected.</p><p></p><p>"Organizational changes were made to the Hearthstone team; as a result a small number of roles have become redundant. We want to thank these employees for their many contributions."</p><p></p><p>Kotaku reporter Ethan Gach <a href="https://twitter.com/ethangach/status/1706835076615434323" target="_blank">tweeted</a> to say 10 members of staff, all within the Hearthstone team, were affected.</p><p></p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.ign.com/games/hearthstone-heroes-of-warcraft" target="_blank">Hearthstone</a> is Blizzard’s free-to-play digital card game set within the Warcraft universe. It launched on PC and Mac in March 2014, with a mobile version launching later that year. For a time Hearthstone was one of the most popular video games in the world, but now, nearly a decade after launch, the likes of Overwatch 2, World of Warcraft, and Diablo 4 are considered Blizzard’s focus.</p><p></p><p>The PC version of Hearthstone remains exclusive to Blizzard's Battle.net platform, but it may eventually launch on Steam after <a href="https://www.ign.com/articles/blizzard-games-are-coming-to-steam-starting-with-overwatch-2" target="_blank">Blizzard recently said it intends to release a handful of its games on Valve's platform</a>, starting with Overwatch 2.</p><p></p><p>Activision Blizzard is the subject of an imminent $69 billion aquisition by Microsoft, following <a href="https://www.ign.com/articles/microsoftactivision-buyout-looks-set-to-close-in-october-after-uk-finally-approves-deal" target="_blank">approval from the UK</a>.</p><p></p><p></p><p><em>Wesley is the UK News Editor for IGN. Find him on Twitter at @wyp100. You can reach Wesley at <a href="mailto:wesley_yinpoole@ign.com">wesley_yinpoole@ign.com</a> or confidentially at <a href="mailto:wyp100@proton.me">wyp100@proton.me</a>.</em></p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.ign.com/articles/blizzards-hearthstone-team-suffers-round-of-layoffs" target="_blank">Continue reading...</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Admin, post: 60814, member: 1"] Blizzard has suffered a round of layoffs at its Hearthstone development team. In a statement issued to IGN, Activision Blizzard confirmed the layoffs, without specifying the number of staff affected. "Organizational changes were made to the Hearthstone team; as a result a small number of roles have become redundant. We want to thank these employees for their many contributions." Kotaku reporter Ethan Gach [URL='https://twitter.com/ethangach/status/1706835076615434323']tweeted[/URL] to say 10 members of staff, all within the Hearthstone team, were affected. [URL='https://www.ign.com/games/hearthstone-heroes-of-warcraft']Hearthstone[/URL] is Blizzard’s free-to-play digital card game set within the Warcraft universe. It launched on PC and Mac in March 2014, with a mobile version launching later that year. For a time Hearthstone was one of the most popular video games in the world, but now, nearly a decade after launch, the likes of Overwatch 2, World of Warcraft, and Diablo 4 are considered Blizzard’s focus. The PC version of Hearthstone remains exclusive to Blizzard's Battle.net platform, but it may eventually launch on Steam after [URL='https://www.ign.com/articles/blizzard-games-are-coming-to-steam-starting-with-overwatch-2']Blizzard recently said it intends to release a handful of its games on Valve's platform[/URL], starting with Overwatch 2. Activision Blizzard is the subject of an imminent $69 billion aquisition by Microsoft, following [URL='https://www.ign.com/articles/microsoftactivision-buyout-looks-set-to-close-in-october-after-uk-finally-approves-deal']approval from the UK[/URL]. [I]Wesley is the UK News Editor for IGN. Find him on Twitter at @wyp100. You can reach Wesley at [email]wesley_yinpoole@ign.com[/email] or confidentially at [email]wyp100@proton.me[/email].[/I] [url="https://www.ign.com/articles/blizzards-hearthstone-team-suffers-round-of-layoffs"]Continue reading...[/url] [/QUOTE]
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