Jason Schreier has announced his third book, which focuses on the ups and downs of Blizzard Entertainment

Jason Schreier, one of the gaming industry's most respected and well-known journalists, is the author of the popular books Blood, Sweat, and Pixels: The Triumphant, Turbulent Stories Behind How Video Games Are Made and Click Reset. Blood, Sweat, and Pixels: The Triumphant, Turbulent Stories Behind How Video Games Are Made and "Hit Reset. How the Video Game Industry Ruins Careers and Gives Second Chances" (Press Reset: Ruin and Recovery in the Video Game Industry) - announced his third book.

Here's What We Know

In his new book Play Nice: The Rise, Fall, and Future of Blizzard Entertainment, Jason Schreier analyses the more than thirty-year history of one of the most famous and important game studios, which created such franchises as Warcraft (World of Warcraft), Diablo, StarCraft, Heroes of the Storm, Hearthstone and Overwatch.

Jason Schreier interviewed more than 350 former and current Blizzard employees and detailed how the American company rose to the top of the gaming business and then became mired in scandals, lawsuits, reputational losses and projects of dubious quality. Schreier paid a lot of attention to the merger with Activision (2008) and then Microsoft (2023).

Play Nice: The Rise, Fall, and Future of Blizzard Entertainment will be released in 2024 in paper and digital editions. The exact sales date depends on the region; in the US, the book will go on sale on 8 October.

Source: Forbes