Blizzard Hiring for Unannounced Mobile Project

Posted 2020/05/05 at 8:35 PM by Archimtiros

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"In terms of Blizzard's approach to mobile gaming, many of us over the last few years have shifted from playing primarily desktop to playing many hours on mobile, and we have many of our best developers now working on new mobile titles across all of our IPs. Some of them are with external partners, like Diablo: Immortal; many of them are being developed internally only, and we'll have information to share on those in the future. I will say also that we have more new products in development today at Blizzard than we've ever had in our history and our future is very bright."

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J. Allen Brack

...we’re not going to become a mobile-only company. We are PC. We have strong roots in console from the very early days, but we’ve been a primarily PC developer for a very long time and that’s not going to change.

Comment by GiovithWhat if we dont have phones? xDComment by DeatheyesInb4 comments doomsaying. As long as they're not pulling resources heavily off of their PC games, I see no issues here. It's good to diversify your interestsComment by Matrixwolfwell seeing how u can play fortnite on phones...….. overwatch for phones?Comment by lizymarieM OMEGALUL B I L EComment by WhitefishI would like to see pet battles moved to a mobile environment. Still link the achievements and such to retail wow but make player vs player pet battles accessible from the phone.Comment by Agamand93Ok. I'll say it... I wish I could do pet battle/collections/quests..... via mobile.Comment by radicarlIsn't this older news? I remember reading about something very similar to this job listing last year.

Did something new happen with it (besides the Covid-19 thing)?

EDIT: I'm not complaining, I had completely forgotten it was a thing so I don't mind the reminder that it's still a thing, but did anything new change since last time?Comment by DayonMeme on the guy all you want, but when he said "don't you guys have phones?" he wasn't inaccurate. He was tone deaf, but he's correct. Most people have phones. Most phones can handle hi-fidelity games. It's nuts.

Went to school for game design. Any company not actively pumping out mobile titles is behind the curve. Blizzard's already a step behind for not following up Hearthstone with more titles. The installation rate and revenue in mobile blows PC out the water.

The mistake Blizzard made was forgetting to have something for the hardcore PC audience, too. I'm willing to bet that a 30-second teaser trailer with nothing but the D4 logo would have saved them all the PR.Comment by GoldenFoxI would like to see pet battles moved to a mobile environment. Still link the achievements and such to retail wow but make player vs player pet battles accessible from the phone.Comment by ArchimtirosMeme on the guy all you want, but when he said "don't you guys have phones?" he wasn't inaccurate. He was tone deaf, but he's correct. Most people have phones. Most phones can handle hi-fidelity games. It's nuts.

Went to school for game design. Any company not actively pumping out mobile titles is behind the curve. Blizzard's already a step behind for not following up Hearthstone with more titles. The installation rate and revenue in mobile blows PC out the water.

The mistake Blizzard made was forgetting to have something for the hardcore PC audience, too. I'm willing to bet that a 30-second teaser trailer with nothing but the D4 logo would have saved them all the PR.farallComment by ArchimtirosIsn't this older news? I remember reading about something very similar to this job listing last year.

Did something new happen with it (besides the Covid-19 thing)?

EDIT: I'm not complaining, I had completely forgotten it was a thing so I don't mind the reminder that it's still a thing, but did anything new change since last time?Comment by mintymentosRemovedComment by radicarlIsn't this older news? I remember reading about something very similar to this job listing last year.

Did something new happen with it (besides the Covid-19 thing)?

EDIT: I'm not complaining, I had completely forgotten it was a thing so I don't mind the reminder that it's still a thing, but did anything new change since last time?Comment by TamuuraMageGods of Blizzard.. PLEASE LET IT BE STARCRAFT OR HoTS related.. and PLEASE RELEASE DIABLO IMMORTAL.Comment by Berserker1996People playing mobile games aren't gamers. They're kids with their daddy's credit card. The fans were absolutely right to boo them at Blizzcon.Comment by Raybezeno thanks, keep that away from me!Comment by LoKHorPeople playing mobile games aren't gamers. They're kids with their daddy's credit card. The fans were absolutely right to boo them at Blizzcon.Comment by RoyaloneYes! I'd love that to be a thing!Comment by ArchimtirosPeople playing mobile games aren't gamers. They're kids with their daddy's credit card. The fans were absolutely right to boo them at Blizzcon.Comment by abbestinosWorld of warcraft 4 - Mobile.