Jul 03, 2025 04:21 pm IST
Blizard Warcraft stops the new content for the rumble, transferred to maintenance between the sorting of Microsoft that affects 9,000 employees globally.
Between the large -scale Microsoft pruning affecting the Blizard Studio, its mobile strategy game, Warcraft Rumble, Warcraft Rumble is reducing. The game will no longer get new features or materials, but it will be online with regular support and limited in-game event. Blizard quoted that despite the ongoing reforms, the game has been unable to meet long -term expectations, which is an important reason behind the change.
Warcraft Rumble was launched to bring on mobile in 2023. It offers the gameplay the same as popular mobile games such as Clash Royale. The game initially created enthusiasm but struggled to maintain a strong player base. Despite the hard work of the team, despite the players’ response and discovering various options, the game did not show any signs of improvement.
Blizard said in its official announcement, “We have taken a difficult decision to develop new materials for Warcraft Rumble and to focus on maintaining games for current players.” With this, the studio confirmed that there would be no new content for the game, but insisted on keeping the game accessible and stable with bug fix and in-game events support.
This step from the studio coincides with large -scale trimming in Microsoft, which is the largest in two years, in which around 9,000 employees cut globally. This greatly impressed the Xbox gaming division and its subsidiaries, including icy storms. These pruning represents about 4% of the total workforce of Microsoft and are part of a comprehensive effort to redirect resources towards artificial intelligence and other priorities.
Xbox CEO Phil Spencer reported that the company is “finishing or decreasing in some areas of business” to focus on strategic development areas. These deductions canceled popular projects such as The Perfect Dark Reboot and Everwild, closed the initiative, and made Microsoft’s gaming teams. For icy storm, these trimins means that realcutting resources again from less successful ventures from less successful enterprises such as Warcraft Rumble to core franchise.
