With its acquisition of Proletariat, Blizzard now has teams in both WOTLK Gold sides in the United States, which could assist in the quest to develop more content for WoW and release it sooner. Proletariat's employees also include people who played on The Lord of the Rings Online as well as D&D Online. Proletariat was founded in 2012 by individuals who worked previously at Harmonix, Turbine, and Insomniac.
Blizzard as well as its parent company Activision Blizzard, has been being featured in recent news reports about reports of sexual harassment and other issues. Proletariat President Seth Sivak said the team was in an "very sincere and honest and transparent conversation" about the issues prior to accepting the buyout.
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"In some of the first conversations, we discussed just the ways they could think about improving the culture and continuing to make a great place for developers to work," he explained. "That was extremely encouraging. There is obviously much work to be completed to make a fantastic place where developers can work. But we were pretty happy and content with the direction that teams are moving."
In the wake of the shock of many gamers, some people are surprised to learn that WoW's Dragonflight expansion is scheduled to be released in the coming year. It's expected bring massive changes to WoW which will see major overhauls to the game's class talents and professions, along with a completely new world to discover. It will also include an entirely new race playable called the Dracthyr that -- for cheap WOTLK Classic Gold the first time in the game's history--can only be a single class, the new spellcasting-focused Invoker.