Blizzard has ‘several’ free mobile games in development for Warcraft

For years, rumors have circulated that Activision Blizzard is working on a Warcraft-inspired mobile game. Today, the company’s CEO, Bobby Kotick, confirmed that there are actually “multiple” Warcraft mobile experiences in “advanced development” at Blizzard. frequent premium content. As part of this strategy, Blizzard is developing not one, but several free Warcraft mobile experiences.

“In our Warcraft franchise, we intend to offer more frequent premium content to support and expand World of warcraft community, ”Kotick told investors. “And we’ve created several Warcraft experiences, both mobile and free, and they’re now in advanced development based on our franchise’s beloved intellectual property.”

Kotick preceded this news by talking about Diablo Immortal which generated positive buzz during its limited test trials and how it paved the way for “significant expansion.” [Diablo’s] global reach. “

Rumors of a Warcraft mobile game have been around since 2017 when Blizzard posted job postings for a new mobile game apparently based on the Warcraft franchise. A rumor in 2018 suggested that Blizzard was working on a Pokemon Go style AR game. Since Kotick says there are “multiple” projects, this might just be one of Blizzard’s many upcoming games.

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There are already Warcraft inspired games on mobile considering Fireplace is a spin-off of the Warcraft collectible card game available for mobile devices. But Kotick’s comments refer to unannounced development projects.

On the PC side, Blizzard recently released Shadowlands on new expansion for World of Warcraft. You can read our World of Warcraft: Shadowlands review here.

Matt TM Kim is a reporter for IGN.