Bloomberg has published a new report about the state of Microsoft's Xbox division, providing some potential insight into the reasoning behind so many baffling decisions the company has made in the past two years. Apparently, Microsoft leadership has been pushing Xbox to reach a much higher profit margin than is typically expected in the video game industry, and the result is a fundamental shake-up in everything the company has been building, leading to raising prices, canceling games, and sweeping layoffs across its many acquired studios.
Blizzard announced it will cease development on new content for Warcraft Rumble, although support will continue through updates focused on in-game events and bug fixes.