Famed video game journalist Jason Schreier has a new book coming out soon titled Play Nice: The Rise, Fall, and Future Of Blizzard Entertainment. One of things Schreier has shared online is that Blizzard Entertainment had a number of animated series in the works with Netflix. Overwatch, Diablo and Starcraft were all set to get animated adaptations. However, this all collapsed once Activision decided to sue Netflix back in 2020. Back then the streaming company was accused of “contempt” for state employment law by Blizzard Entertainment when it poached the company’s chief financial officer. It will be interesting to hear what else comes to light when the new book launches on 8th October.
Blizzard had Overwatch, Diablo and Starcraft series deal with Netflix but was canned when they sued
I think you meant ‘2020’ and not ‘2010’
Fixed! Thanks.
sigh What could have been… I would have LOVED an Overwatch animated show, if it had the quality that went into the cinematic shorts we got in the franchise’s early days (Honor and Glory still brings a tear to my eye all these years later). There would have been a strong case for one, since the game can obviously only present so much worldbuilding, and there are a lot of characters who would benefit from more fleshing out- I NEED more lore for Moira and Sigma.
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it once more, and then some: Overwatch deserves a better company.
same…no PVE… no series… and we get very few cinematics now… overwatch deserved better
Idiot company doing idiot things. They had no legal claim to poaching in regards to California labor laws.
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