Warcraft Rumble Fate Revealed As Microsoft Layoffs Hit Blizzard

Microsoft’s Xbox division is currently going through a rough patch, where even the future of its gaming chief Phil Spencer is in question. The company is making cuts in personnel across its gaming division and outright shutting down some of its development studios. Despite its storied history, Blizzard hasn’t been spared, with its mobile game based on the World of Warcraft transitioning into maintenance mode.

Blizzard released a statement to address the future of the free-to-play Warcraft Rumble. The company says that “moving forward, we'll continue supporting Rumble with updates focused on regular, systemic in-game events and bug fixes, but no new content.” This is likely being done with an eye on eventually shutting the game down as Microsoft looks to cut down on costs.

The statement alludes to the difficulty the company had in finding a big enough audience for the game to be considered a ...