{"id":216878,"date":"2026-05-15T10:50:53","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T10:50:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/article.php?article_id=2148334"},"modified":"2026-05-15T10:50:53","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T10:50:53","slug":"blizzard-continues-to-lose-millions-of-players-but-new-games-are-coming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/blizzard-continues-to-lose-millions-of-players-but-new-games-are-coming\/","title":{"rendered":"Blizzard continues to lose millions of players, but new games are coming"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/blizzard-continues-to-lose-millions-of-players-but-new-games-are-coming.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Blizzard has lost another two million players across its titles.<\/p>\n<p>Reporting its latest financial results, Activision Blizzard said Blizzard specifically saw 27m monthly active users in the first quarter of 2021.<\/p>\n<p>As <a href=\"https:\/\/massivelyop.com\/2021\/05\/04\/activision-blizzard-q1-2021-financials-blizzard-maus-down-to-27m\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MassivelyOP<\/a> points out, that&#8217;s down from the 29m MAUs Blizzard had in the previous quarter. In fact, Blizzard has lost almost 29 percent of its overall active player base in three years.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/articles\/2021-05-05-blizzard-continues-to-lose-millions-of-players-but-new-games-are-coming\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/articles\/2021-05-05-blizzard-continues-to-lose-millions-of-players-but-new-games-are-coming\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Blizzard has lost another two million players across its titles. Reporting its latest financial results, Activision Blizzard said Blizzard specifically saw 27m monthly active users in the first quarter of 2021. As MassivelyOP points out, that&#8217;s down from the 29m MAUs Blizzard had in the previous quarter. In fact, Blizzard has lost almost 29 percent of its overall active player base in three years. 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