“Today’s actions affect multiple teams within Blizzard, including development teams, shared service organizations and corporate functions,” Matt Booty, head of Xbox Studios, stated in a word to employees. “As part of this focus, Blizzard is ending development on its survival game project and will be shifting some of the people working on it to one of several promising new projects Blizzard has in the early stages of development.”
As a part of the announcement, Booty additionally confirmed that Blizzard president Mike Ybarra shall be leaving the corporate, as is chief design officer Allen Adham.
Whereas few particulars, together with a reputation, have been revealed for the survival recreation, it was notable as a uncommon new franchise from Blizzard, which primarily focuses on its core manufacturers of Diablo, Warcraft, Overwatch, and StarCraft.