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Blizzard Entertainment is a video game developer and publisher known for franchises such as Warcraft, Diablo, StarCraft, and Overwatch.

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Key Takeaway It looks like Blizzard's escaped Xbox's grim reset scythe for now, though there's still time to be caught in the second 1600-strong layoff wave coming 2027
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It looks like Blizzard's escaped Xbox's grim reset scythe for now, though there's still time to be caught in the second 1600-strong layoff wave coming 2027

Blizzard Entertainment is a video game developer and publisher known for franchises such as Warcraft, Diablo, StarCraft, and Overwatch.

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PC Gamer · 8h ago
It looks like Blizzard's escaped Xbox's grim reset scythe for now, though there's still time to be caught in the second 1600-strong layoff wave coming 2027
VG247 · 81d ago
Blizzard will talk about Diablo 4: Lord of Hatred one last time before the expansion's launch next week
Rock Paper Shotgun · 12d ago
A year on from its launch, former Blizzard devs' Wildgate only has one last update left, but it's not shutting down

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  • It looks like Blizzard's escaped Xbox's grim reset scythe for now, though there's still time to be caught in the second 1600-strong layoff wave coming 2027 PC Gamer
  • A year on from its launch, former Blizzard devs' Wildgate only has one last update left, but it's not shutting down Rock Paper Shotgun
  • Blizzard will talk about Diablo 4: Lord of Hatred one last time before the expansion's launch next week VG247
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So far, Xbox's cuts haven't targeted Blizzard (for now)

The World of Warcraft and Overwatch maker seems to have largely been spared from Xbox's broader cuts, although the future remains uncertain.

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What actually is Classic+?

The completely honest answer is: We don’t actually know. For now, Classic+ is just a rumored…thing…that Blizzard seems to be working on. Fans have been slowly putting together puzzle pieces from recent Blizzard activities to uncover the existence of Classic+, including some recent takedowns against private servers and the datamining of something called Project Camelot. There were also some hints dropped in Blizzard’s 2025 yearbook, and a tease that a bunch of World of Warcraft Classic streamers visited Blizzard’s campus recently. It’s clear that Blizzard is working on something related to Worl

Everything We Know About World Of Warcraft's Rumored Classic+ - Kotaku
Why do we want Classic+?

World of Warcraft Classic began as a way to revisit the original days of WoW, mostly faithful to how the experience was back in the day. Classic has been successful for Blizzard, and has run in tandem with the retail game ever since 2019 with a robust community of players. In the years since, Blizzard has introduced patches and expansions in the order they originally arrived in the game, and Classic is currently on the verge of wrapping up the Mists of Pandaria expansion. Which presents a problem. World of Warcraft Classic isn’t really…Classic anymore. Mists of Pandaria is old, sure (it launch

Everything We Know About World Of Warcraft's Rumored Classic+ - Kotaku
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