Blizzard waves goodbye to Gamescom 2019

Blizzard plans to focus on "current games and our future projects"



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Blizzard needs to cut ties with Activision otherwise WoW, Overwatch etc... will keep losing players, They're slowly strip mining them just like they tried to do with Bungie.

As far as I recall Activision owns Blizzard, but didn't own Bungie so it was easier for bungie than it would be for Blizz to separate from them

Dicehunter said:

Blizzard needs to cut ties with Activision otherwise WoW, Overwatch etc... will keep losing players, They're slowly strip mining them just like they tried to do with Bungie.

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WoW and Overwatch failings have nothing to do with Activision. In fact they have almost no influence on it. The design decisions of late from Blizzard themselves have been extremely poor. Focussing too much on carebear friendly features and play style to draw in more users is having the opposite effect.

They need to get rid of their current WoW design director since he has lost touch with the community. OVerwatch is still plagued by toxic people, and I dont know how you combat this, in this day and age. Being toxic and trolling has become a fun thing to to do for many. The funny part is the over use of cosmetic microtransactions in Blizzard games are there to claw back money they are losing from lower subscriptions, even though, people are leaving because of all the added microtransactions. Its not compulsory to buy, but it still is seen as a deterrent.

Overwatch does have quite a unique style of gameplay which is what many enjoy. But can it really keep those interested when you have such large combat style games like Apex and Fortnite?