I just want to see Blizzard crash and burn for their disgraceful behavior in the last 15 years.

banana phone, I see I see El Psy Kongroo

Crate Entertainment has a few old-school ex-Blizz employees, namely Eric "Hyboreal" Sexton. Their Grim Dawn is actually a VERY solid game. Funny that nobody mentioned it here.

The only one that works (so far) by former Dev reform a studio is Respawn (founded by former Infinity Ward), and even then I consider that as luck.

If John Romero's Daikatana has taught us anything, its once the band breaks up, the magic is just gone.

@HolyDanna Thanks! Oh, I like Torchlight and Guild Wars, but yeah, they didnt get all that attention from the gaming community (Guild Wars only for a short while), so yeah, they turned out average, saddly.

ring ring ring ring ring ring ring, future disappointment bananaphone...

@Chris Sizemore
I like it. I like it a lot.
Dat panel one Angie. And Jane in a small, tight green dress. OOMPH. >///<

What kind of data plan can you get on one of those bananas?

Total :
- 1 successful branch = Arenanet
- 4 still existing ones
- 8 failues (the 7 listed + Click entertainment which I couldn't find much info about)

cont.
Undead Labs (2009-) : States of Decay games
En masse Entertainment (2008-2020) : TERA
FireForge Games (2011-2016) : Ghostbusters 2016
Bonfire Studios (2016-)
Runic Games (2008-2017) : Torchlight 1&2, Hob
Double Damage Games (2014-) : Rebel Galaxy
Graybeard Games (2016-) : It lurks below

@Rodrigo
Most of the ex-blizz studio created until 2016
Arenanet (2000-) : Guild Wars games
Flagship Studios (2003-2008) : Hellgate London
Castaway Entertainement (2004-2008)
UI Pacific Games ? (2005-???)
Carbine Studios (2005-2018) : Wildstar
Red 5 Studios (2005-2018) : Firefall

What aew the other companies founded by ex-Blizzard employees?

@Nya-chan: Don't forget Balan Wonderworld.

What made old Blizzard work wasn't just its people, but the company culture as well, and to create the culture you need both the employees and management.

Excitement for new stuff died with disappointments.
Now its wait and see. Always should have been really.

Color me curious - but not even remotely excited

Addendum: Most "ex-creator team" stuff doesn't work. See also: Mighty No 9, Shenmue 3, Star Citizen, etc.

If Dreamhaven makes a RTS game they should do well. If they make a MMO ... the market is saturated with F2P gatcha games. If they can't make an amazing MMO the company won't be considered a success. Or they could truly surprise and not copy a past success.

What kind of bizaro alternate world is this where everyone is wearing someone else's casual clothing? Also really want to see Alek wearing Angie's shorts...

I remember when a group of ex-WoW developers branched off to work on Wildstar, claiming that people wanted to recapture the difficult days of Classic WoW. Then their game died because nobody liked getting beaten up every step of the way. Yeah, not a great track record.