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title: "Play Nice: The Rise, Fall, and Future of Blizzard Entertainment"
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# Play Nice: The Rise, Fall, and Future of Blizzard Entertainment

**Brand:** jason schreierray chasegrand central publishing
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- **What is this?** Play Nice: The Rise, Fall, and Future of Blizzard Entertainment by jason schreierray chasegrand central publishing
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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Good, if nothing new
  

*by A***C on Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 12 October 2024*

This is a very good, concise and to the point history of Blizzard. It’s nice to hear the whole story from start to finish.If you’re a die hard fan and have been following Blizzard since the early 2000s, most of the content in the “Future” section isn’t particularly new. There are a few quotes from ex employees, but nothing you haven’t seen on Twitter/X. I found the “Rise” section more interesting as it helped contextualise how and why Blizzard stumbled in the later years.I was disappointed to see nothing about how Shadowlands broke the trust of the Warcraft community, a particular issue around the “old guard” digging their heels in. This was a good opportunity to cover Blizzard’s change in attitude with Dragonflight, but was completely glossed over.All in all a fun listen/read, and I don’t regret buying. Jason is a great investigative journalist. As long as you don’t expect anything revelatory, you’ll have a good time with this.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 







  
  
    Must buy if you are at all familiar with blizzard
  

*by N***N on Reviewed in Canada on 12 October 2024*

Absolutely fascinating, provides so much context to blizzard and their recent decisions

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 







  
  
    Absorbing for entertainment professionals + gamers + a withering portrait of what greed can destroy
  

*by J***M on Reviewed in the United States on 10 October 2024*

As a lifelong gamer and evangelist for Blizzard that once seriously aspired to work there, I went cover to cover over the first day with this book in my hands.It's tempting to describe the story in terms of its "heroes" and "villains" (and there certainly are some of the latter) but the overall takeaway is a kind of penetrating sadness about the demise of something that was undeniably special, that started and was tried to be kept aloft by people with their hearts in the right place.  Activision's meddling is well documented and plays a central and devastating role in the turmoil chronicled here, but the overall growing pains of the industry are not ignored either.  What happened to Blizzard happened to gaming overall too.  There are lessons here for anyone in creative / entertainment careers and particularly for the investor class, but history (and current events) tells us that those people especially will miss or dismiss them.It's probably unrealistic to expect a return of the intangibles that elevated Blizzard far above its peers.  The world and the business has changed.  Some of it absolutely necessary, some of it painfully and regrettably.

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