Overwatch, World of Warcraft, and Diablo developer Blizzard Entertainment has revealed it’s working on a “brand-new survival game” set in a “whole new universe”.
The news comes as Activision Blizzard continues to reel from the shocking allegations it fostered a company culture where sexual harassment, assault, and inappropriate behaviour were able to thrive, with Blizzard Entertainment itself being called a “breeding ground for harassment and discrimination against women” in a State of California lawsuit filed last year.
As the company has continued to face a reckoning over its workplace culture, a number of its flagship titles have seen delays, with the highly anticipated Overwatch 2 and Diablo 4 now not expected to arrive until 2023 at the earliest. It’s in this climate that official word of a new Blizzard Entertainment title, said to be in the “early stages” of development, has arrived.
The announcement, posted on Blizzard’s website, is primarily focused on attracting new talent to the studio in order to work on the project, and, as such, remains extremely light on detail. “Blizzard is embarking on our next quest,” the post reads. “We are going on a journey to a whole new universe, home to a brand-new survival game for PC and console.”