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Blizzard finished 2026 fiscal year as Xbox's top-performing studio

Blizzard president Johanna Faries told staff last week that Blizzard ended the 2026 fiscal year as the top-performing studio in Xbox’s studios division and recorded the studio’s third-highest top-line revenue ever. Faries said Blizzard posted its first consecutive years of growth since fiscal 2017 and credited Diablo 4: Lord of Hatred and Overwatch for driving the gains. The performance highlights Blizzard’s ability to run multiple successful live-service titles after Microsoft’s 2023 acquisition and contrasts with weaker results from other Xbox studios this period.

• Johanna Faries sent internal emails ahead of BlizzCon saying Blizzard finished FY2026 as Xbox’s top-performing studio and hit its third-highest top-line revenue in company history.
• Blizzard posted its first consecutive years of growth since fiscal year 2017, per Faries’s message to staff.
• Faries named Diablo 4: Lord of Hatred and Overwatch as the primary drivers of the studio’s performance; Overwatch delivered its strongest quarter since 2022.
• Blizzard released multiple pieces of content this year that supported growth: a new World of Warcraft expansion, Diablo 4 expansion, Diablo II: Resurrected Reign of the Warlock DLC, and Overwatch’s rebrand plus five new heroes.