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Former Blizzard Entertainment president Mike Ybarra thinks Xbox "can find a path to great success". Microsoft's CEO Satya Nadella came under fire after Xbox shut down a slew of their studios - including 'Hi-Fi Rush' developer Tango Gameworks – and the ex-Blizzard boss has now insisted the business will ultimately succeed despite the recent closures. Taking to X, he wrote: "I 100 per cent love Xbox and think Xbox can find a path to great success for their teams and players around the world. 100 per cent. 110 per cent! "Xbox has always been accountable for its business. Even when it was small, o...
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Former Microsoft executive Mike Ybarra predicts the gaming subscription bubble will burst. Ybarra oversaw the launch of Xbox's subscription service Game Pass in 2017 before he became Blizzard Entertainment's President two years later. Now, Mike has admitted he thinks the monthly payment model could falter because consumers have so many entertainment subscription platforms available to them, from music and movie streaming services to smartphone gaming. Taking to X, he wrote: "I worry consumers already or will soon face subscription fatigue. So many subscriptions across various services … [it] a...
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BlizzCon is returning in 2023. Amid a raging pandemic and a flurry of scandals and lawsuits, Blizzcon 2022 was cancelled for the third year in a row. However, it will be back with the first in-person event since 2019. Blizzard president Mike Ybarra confirmed: “Yes, we’re bringing BlizzCon back, more on that early next year!" It was scraped in 2020 and 2021 due to the ongoing COVID-19 Pandemic. Blizzard explained the reasoning for the cancellation in a blog post, saying that such an event requires effort from everyone in the company, that could be better spent working on their games. They also ...
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The launch of 'Overwatch 2' fell victim to a targeted attack on its servers. Blizzard president Mike Ybarra confirmed the long-awaited sequel to the 2016 team-based shooter suffered a "mass" DDoS (distributed denial of service) attack on Tuesday (04.10.22). He tweeted: “Unfortunately we are experiencing a mass DDoS attack on our servers. “Teams are working hard to mitigate/manage. This is causing a lot of drop/connection issues.” A short while before, he had posted: “Teams are working hard on server issues with Overwatch 2. We are humbled by the excitement of players and will continue to focus...
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Blizzard's President has heaped praise on 'Elden Ring'. Mike Ybarra has taken to social media to lavish praise on the action role-playing game, which has been developed by FromSoftware. Mike wrote on Twitter: "You know how you are going about your day and you think about a game aspect that was done so well that you just think about it (ok..maybe I’m odd this way) but Elden Ring’s open world was so well done. Discovery, monsters, flow, challenge, environment. Hats off to From. [hat emoji] (sic)" Mike's praise is especially noteworthy as Blizzard - which has developed franchises such as 'Warcraf...
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An update on 'Warcraft 3: Reforged' is coming after two years of silence. The high fantasy real-time strategy computer video game - which is developed and published by Blizzard Entertainment - is a remaster of the 2002 original and fans will finally receive an update on the game two years after it was announced that Blizzard had restarted work on it. When asked by a Twitter follower if there was “any news from the 'Warcraft 3 Reforged' team”, Blizzard president Mike Ybarra replied: “You’ll hear from them soon (in June).” Despite an initial release in 2020,the game suffered poor reviews and Bli...
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