Every studio Microsoft buys, is another free game on game pass. So I’m not complaining
blackest-Knight
Why should we stop cheering ?
Because they cancelled a game in development limbo ? 6 years and still being 3 years from market for a Survival game is a project that needs axing. We all know it.
-TeamCaffeine-
Activision/Blizzard was in an extremely terrible position whether or not they were acquired. Layoffs were inevitable with or without Microsoft.
If the acquisition DIDN’T go through, it would have been a lot worse. Y’all need to stop acting like this happened in a vacuum.
Geeekaaay
To be fair? After Redfall Microsoft new they had a quality control problem. Diablo 4 just proved Blizzard was just as bad if not worse than Bethesda for quality.
Gutting Overwatch 2 (its just reskinned Overwatch 1 now) bumbling release and seasons in Diablo 4, wasting time on a survival game no one wanted just chasing trends, Blizzard has been dead and rotting from the inside for YEARS. House cleaning was entirely needed here.
liaminwales
It’s more, less butt touching we hoped for (and to fire bobby).
one-eye-fox
I’m still cheering. Actiblizz are trash.
ilovefatttrees
Microsoft is corporate evil. Activision is just evil people.
DeadStringScrolls
Which people exactly? Blizzard spent years resting on their laurels as a highly regarded game company, but I doubt anyone who thought about it felt like this acquisition was going to be a good move for Blizzard fans or their products.
DynamicSocks
This needed to happen
lordfoull
Good good
dyslexai
Wasn’t that the point? That management was shit?
Shmimbadad
Blizzard is now owned by the company that recently produced the best RTS I’ve played in ages (Age of Empires 4), and is still dropping new content for an all time great classic (AOE2). That means that Warcraft 4 is at least a little bit more likely to happen than it was before. That’s all I care about at this point, regarding Blizzard.
Djghost1133
Still cheering
Bradford_Pear
“wow is better!”
“ESO is better!!”
Microscoft “MUAHAHAHAH”
wellbreastfed
Sorry I’m struggling to remember a blizzard game I can’t live without
Imaginary_Land1919
Yeah Microsoft was buying the IP, not the developers. Not sure if Blizz had any talented devs left anyways
AlkaKr
This sounds dangerously close to Stockholm Syndrome.
It’s was sustainably bad and people probably are afraid of change.
.well, it was steadily going to (more) shit. New management is welcome.
Holesnifferboy
OP is clueless
LestHeBeNamedSilver
Imo they’re just removing all the bloat. They should honestly do the same with Bethesda
FuckSpez6757
Had to lay off all the Bobby dick riders
ImmediateDay5137
Metzen is back now guys everything will change…
plundergun
The inexperienced cheered. The old breed sighed and opened Steam Store.
LubieRZca
And we still will, because there must be some changes made in order to shake things up and that needs sacrifices, even radical ones like firing that amount of people.
Chakramer
All tech companies over hired during covid and are just leveling out.
It really sucks for the employees but I’m not surprised they sacked a chunk of sledgehammer which made the worst CoD game in a long time.
Melodias3
Sucks that people lose their jobs, but should not forgot what all happened at Activision Blizzard, we all knew this was coming.
jack-K-
I already don’t play their games anymore so the way I see it, it can’t get any worse and it might get better.
FlingFlamBlam
I mean, as shitty as it is it’s still an improvement. Kotick could have conceivably done worse. We’ve gone from employees killing themselves to employees getting fired.
The next step is for employees at Acti-Blizz, and every other game studio, to unionize to improve workplace protections.
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Who cares we may finally get good games now
It’s not EA and that’s already a win.
Every studio Microsoft buys, is another free game on game pass. So I’m not complaining
Why should we stop cheering ?
Because they cancelled a game in development limbo ? 6 years and still being 3 years from market for a Survival game is a project that needs axing. We all know it.
Activision/Blizzard was in an extremely terrible position whether or not they were acquired. Layoffs were inevitable with or without Microsoft.
https://twitter.com/DestinLegarie/status/1750739135428792336
If the acquisition DIDN’T go through, it would have been a lot worse. Y’all need to stop acting like this happened in a vacuum.
To be fair? After Redfall Microsoft new they had a quality control problem. Diablo 4 just proved Blizzard was just as bad if not worse than Bethesda for quality.
Gutting Overwatch 2 (its just reskinned Overwatch 1 now) bumbling release and seasons in Diablo 4, wasting time on a survival game no one wanted just chasing trends, Blizzard has been dead and rotting from the inside for YEARS. House cleaning was entirely needed here.
It’s more, less butt touching we hoped for (and to fire bobby).
I’m still cheering. Actiblizz are trash.
Microsoft is corporate evil. Activision is just evil people.
Which people exactly? Blizzard spent years resting on their laurels as a highly regarded game company, but I doubt anyone who thought about it felt like this acquisition was going to be a good move for Blizzard fans or their products.
This needed to happen
Good good
Wasn’t that the point? That management was shit?
Blizzard is now owned by the company that recently produced the best RTS I’ve played in ages (Age of Empires 4), and is still dropping new content for an all time great classic (AOE2). That means that Warcraft 4 is at least a little bit more likely to happen than it was before. That’s all I care about at this point, regarding Blizzard.
Still cheering
“wow is better!”
“ESO is better!!”
Microscoft “MUAHAHAHAH”
Sorry I’m struggling to remember a blizzard game I can’t live without
Yeah Microsoft was buying the IP, not the developers. Not sure if Blizz had any talented devs left anyways
This sounds dangerously close to Stockholm Syndrome.
It’s was sustainably bad and people probably are afraid of change.
.well, it was steadily going to (more) shit. New management is welcome.
OP is clueless
Imo they’re just removing all the bloat. They should honestly do the same with Bethesda
Had to lay off all the Bobby dick riders
Metzen is back now guys everything will change…
The inexperienced cheered. The old breed sighed and opened Steam Store.
And we still will, because there must be some changes made in order to shake things up and that needs sacrifices, even radical ones like firing that amount of people.
All tech companies over hired during covid and are just leveling out.
It really sucks for the employees but I’m not surprised they sacked a chunk of sledgehammer which made the worst CoD game in a long time.
Sucks that people lose their jobs, but should not forgot what all happened at Activision Blizzard, we all knew this was coming.
I already don’t play their games anymore so the way I see it, it can’t get any worse and it might get better.
I mean, as shitty as it is it’s still an improvement. Kotick could have conceivably done worse. We’ve gone from employees killing themselves to employees getting fired.
The next step is for employees at Acti-Blizz, and every other game studio, to unionize to improve workplace protections.