Blizzard Entertainment Acquires Spellbreak Developer Proletariat

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It's been a rollercoaster 24 hours for the Boston, Massachusetts based development studio known as Proletariat, Inc. After four years, the studios' magic-based battle royale title Spellbreak is being shut down. The studio didn't give any reasons as to why their online game was coming to an end early in 2023, though many have speculated that keeping the servers running for a low population of players was no longer cost-effective.

As disappointing as the news was for fans, many began to wonder what was next for the studio. Although players have the rest of the year to get their fill of magic-based combat, its likely they didn't expect to get an answer as to what's next for Proletariat less than 24 hours later. As it turns out, the studio is joining one of the biggest studios in the world thanks to a surprising announcement that broke early this morning.

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While not officially stated as of yet from either Blizzard or Proletariat, GamesBeat writer Dean Takahashi has confirmed the two studios will be joining forces. According to the news, Blizzard Entertainment has acquired Proletariat for an unknown sum of money. The deal itself is the biggest acquisition that Blizzard has made in at least 10 years, with the last external studio being added was Swinging Ape in 2005. Vicarious VIsions, an internal Activision studio, was folded into Blizzard to help work on the Diablo franchise a few years ago, though that came well after Activision and Blizzard merged together.

The move may not be too surprising though as Proletariat has been helping Blizzard since May. However, now that Proletariat seems to be officially joining Blizzard, the 100-person team will