Activision Blizzard is at present hiring for an unannounced recreation, and are on the lookout for a number of senior employees to replenish the ranks on this challenge. This features a inventive director, design director for fight AI, senior artwork direct, and extra.
Whereas there’s little indication on what precisely this type of recreation this will likely be, the job posting for inventive director notes they’re going to need to develop the sport’s IP in addition to “multi-season story arcs”. Whether or not meaning it will be a stay service recreation like a lot of Blizzard’s latest releases stays to be seen, however seems possible.
On it is personal it is a very cut-and-dry easy information story, and one we in all probability should not anticipate a lot of an replace on for some time. Nevertheless, latest developments throughout Activision Blizzard can present attention-grabbing exterior context.
Xbox lead Phil Spencer has in interviews famous that he’d personally wish to see a revival of legacy Activision Blizzard IP, following Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard final 12 months. Whereas it is clearly enjoyable to invest on whether or not or not this new recreation does delve into the Acti Blizz IP vaults, it is also value mentioning that in fact Phil Spencer would say this in a post-acquisition press tour. His job in stated statements is to drum up pleasure in regards to the aquisition, and leaning on nostalgia is an effective way to try this. This is not to say such a return is not what’s inflicting this hiring wave, simply that such statements aren’t a smoking gun.
For one, it is tough to notice this improvement with out additionally contemplating the not too long ago laid off employees from Activision Blizzard within the wake of the Microsoft acquisition. A surprising 1,900 employees had been let go, and whereas sitting right here and saying ‘wow guys, why could not you retain individuals should you had been simply going to rent extra employees later’ is not actually a smart assertion to make, you have to surprise if these positions will likely be crammed by among the expertise that is already out the door. Positive you in all probability have a very good shot at getting a job should you’ve already obtained expertise at Blizzard, however the layoffs had been three months in the past. A number of these individuals could have already got work.
What’s clear is that Blizzard does desperately want a win with this new IP. Not solely has its final enterprise into recent IP Overwatch seen higher days due to the cavaclade of controversy surrounding Overwatch 2, the corporate additionally cancelled its unreleased survival shooter after a number of years of improvement. This new recreation, no matter it’s, must be a heavy hitter.
However tell us what you suppose! What are your hopes for this new recreation. Sure, hoping it is simply good and controversy free is honest play.
