{"id":31155,"date":"2022-08-05T22:48:59","date_gmt":"2022-08-05T22:48:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedailyherald.co.uk\/uncategorized\/blizzard-confirms-acquisition-of-proletariat-aims-to-hire-hundreds-more-in-next-2-years-to-support-wow\/"},"modified":"2022-08-05T22:48:59","modified_gmt":"2022-08-05T22:48:59","slug":"blizzard-confirms-acquisition-of-proletariat-aims-to-hire-hundreds-more-in-next-2-years-to-support-wow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedailyherald.co.uk\/games\/blizzard-confirms-acquisition-of-proletariat-aims-to-hire-hundreds-more-in-next-2-years-to-support-wow\/","title":{"rendered":"Blizzard Confirms Acquisition Of Proletariat, Aims To Hire &#8220;Hundreds&#8221; More In Next 2 Years To Support WoW"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Blizzard Entertainment has acquired Boston-based game studio Proletariat, which will work on World of Warcraft going forward to help meet the &#8220;voracious appetite&#8221; among players for new content. This is happening at the same time that Blizzard is itself being acquired by Microsoft through the Xbox maker&#8217;s $75 billion deal to purchase Activision Blizzard. Activision Blizzard confirmed on Friday that Blizzard&#8217;s deal to acquire Proletariat has closed, and it added some additional details. CEO Bobby Kotick said the company plans to hire &#8220;hundreds&#8221; more developers over the next two years to &#8220;serve the needs&#8221; of the WoW playerbase&#8230;. 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