Blizzard's focus is on existing properties, president Johanna Faries says: 'We have iconic IP and in many ways it still has a lot of room to scale'
May 15, 2026
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Blizzard’s focus is on existing properties, president Johanna Faries says: ‘We have iconic IP and in many ways it still has a lot of room to scale’

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After almost three years as general manager of Call of Duty, Johanna Faries became president of Blizzard in 2014, replacing the outgoing Mike Ybarra. Under her tenure, Blizzard struck a new deal with NetEase, undoing a bitter breakup and reopening the lucrative Chinese market. Talking to Bloomberg as her second anniversary as president approaches, Faries…

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Blizzard’s focus is on existing properties, president Johanna Faries says: ‘We have iconic IP and in many ways it still has a lot of room to scale’

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After almost three years as general manager of Call of Duty, Johanna Faries became president of Blizzard in 2014, replacing the outgoing Mike Ybarra. Under her tenure, Blizzard struck a new deal with NetEase, undoing a bitter breakup and reopening the lucrative Chinese market. Talking to Bloomberg as her second anniversary as president approaches, Faries…

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One of the internet’s top experts on Skyrim minutiae hosted a $10,000 charity competition to guess how many trees there are in the Bethesda classic

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YouTuber AnyAustin‘s playful, yet exacting style of videogame investigation has really taken off in the past year, garnering well over a million views per video. Whether he’s investigating the hydrology of The Elder Scrolls or taking Grand Theft Auto to task for its lax standards of airport realism, you’re in for a good time, and…

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Nobody can agree what an ‘immersive sim’ is, but OG Fallout lead Tim Cain has his own definition: ‘The very elements that make something an immsim are the ones that I also think make good RPGs’

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Immersive simulation games⁠—immersive sims for short and “immsims” if you’re a true freak⁠—are a lot like sandwiches, soups, or pornography in that it’s easier to give an example than a watertight definition. Dishonored, for instance, is definitely an immsim; it simulates a lot of factors that respond to the player, boasts open-ended levels, and encourages…

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Final Fantasy 14’s latest patch has me hopeful for the MMO’s story again—even though Square Enix still has a lot of good will to recover

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Terminally Online (Image credit: Future) This is Terminally Online: PC Gamer’s very own MMO column. Every week, I’ll be sharing my thoughts on the genre, interviewing fellow MMO-heads like me, taking a deep-dive into mechanics we’ve all taken for granted, and, occasionally, bringing in guest writers to talk about their MMO of choice. I didn’t…

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