Proletariat Buy to Expand ‘World of Warcraft’ Games ‘Pipeline’: Blizzard
Blizzard Entertainment closed its acquisition of Boston-based games studio Proletariat, said the buyer Friday. The Proletariat purchase will help expand the “development pipeline” for the Activision Blizzard division's World of Warcraft franchise, it said. "Over the next two years we…
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plan to hire hundreds of the best developers to serve the needs of our World of Warcraft players,” said Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick. Terms of the Proletariat transaction weren't disclosed. Microsoft’s $68.7 billion Activision Blizzard buy in an all-cash transaction is expected to close during the fiscal year ending June (see 2201180009).