Blizzard cancels survival game after layoffs -Gudstory

“Today’s action impacts multiple teams within Blizzard, including development teams, shared services organizations, and corporate functions,” Xbox Studios head Matt Booty said in a note to employees. “As part of this focus, Blizzard is ending development on its survival game project and will transfer some of the people working on it to one of Blizzard’s many promising new projects in the early stages of development.”

As part of the announcement, Booty also confirmed that Blizzard president Mike Ybarra will be leaving the company, as will chief design officer Alan Adham.

While few details, including a name, were revealed for the survival game, it was notable as a rare new franchise from Blizzard that focuses primarily on its core brands. diablo, warcraft, overwatchAnd star Craft,