Blizzard is making a PC survival game with consoles

Blizzard, the studio behind Overwatch, Diablo and World of Warcraft, is entering a new era with to announce that it works in survival games. It seems that the project is in the early stages of development, so do not expect the final product (or even the splashy cart) soon, but it is common knowledge that the publisher is playing with new machines and new worlds.

Blizzard’s work on survival games states that it will be “a place full of heroes we have never met, stories to tell, and events to take place. That is why, yes, they are storing up nonsense right now.

The studio has confirmed one thing about the project: Available on “PC and console.” It’s hard to say if using one “comfort” is prophetic – after all, Microsoft has just announced. wants to buy Activision Blizzardand the future of its gaming platform unknown. Working as Microsoft’s partners, it is possible for Blizzard to create Xbox consoles games, leaving PlayStation and Switch players at risk.

It may be a year before we hear more about the platform and the actual information about the game, but Blizzard is looking to hire fewer people for the skills, design and engineering to fill the team.

Activision Blizzard is currently facing prosecution and repeated investigations into allegations of racism and sexual harassment in the studio, with CEO Bobby Kotick in charge for the past 30 years. One Blizzard employee he went public with his experiencesays he “was affected by the rude comments [her] body, unwanted sexual desires, rape, inclusion in alcohol-related gangs and cube crawling, invitations to have sex with [her] supervisors, and surrounded by a culture of boys who is abusive to women. ”

Blizzard manager Mike Ybarra last week promised rebuild trust in the studio and establishing a “secure, integrated and efficient work environment” as it transforms into a Microsoft database.