Blizzard Entertainment president Johanna Faries wants the game developer to put out a couple of big launches every year, while focusing on its existing roster of franchises.
That’s according to an interview with data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-12-19/blizzard-president-johanna-faries-on-culture-bonuses-and-releasing-more-games?accessToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb3VyY2UiOiJTdWJzY3JpYmVyR2lmdGVkQXJ0aWNsZSIsImlhdCI6MTc2NjE2MjQ3OSwiZXhwIjoxNzY2NzY3Mjc5LCJhcnRpY2xlSWQiOiJUN0laRE5LSVAzSVcwMCIsImJjb25uZWN0SWQiOiJCMUVBQkI5NjQ2QUM0REZFQTJBRkI4MjI1MzgyQTJFQSJ9.7PH2l6DMRNpS5jB0Nt9hRRYiHWIUWP8iwZojErBf2xc&leadSource=uverify%20wall” target=”_blank” data-url=”https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-12-19/blizzard-president-johanna-faries-on-culture-bonuses-and-releasing-more-games?accessToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb3VyY2UiOiJTdWJzY3JpYmVyR2lmdGVkQXJ0aWNsZSIsImlhdCI6MTc2NjE2MjQ3OSwiZXhwIjoxNzY2NzY3Mjc5LCJhcnRpY2xlSWQiOiJUN0laRE5LSVAzSVcwMCIsImJjb25uZWN0SWQiOiJCMUVBQkI5NjQ2QUM0REZFQTJBRkI4MjI1MzgyQTJFQSJ9.7PH2l6DMRNpS5jB0Nt9hRRYiHWIUWP8iwZojErBf2xc&leadSource=uverify%20wall” referrerpolicy=”no-referrer-when-downgrade” data-hl-processed=”none” data-mrf-recirculation=”inline-link”>Bloomberg, where Faries discussed the studio’s work under Xbox and how planning is happening for the next few years. Faries data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/xbox/former-call-of-duty-executive-johanna-faries-is-the-new-president-of-blizzard-entertainment” data-mrf-recirculation=”inline-link” data-before-rewrite-localise=”https://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/xbox/former-call-of-duty-executive-johanna-faries-is-the-new-president-of-blizzard-entertainment”>stepped into her role in January 2024, joining from the Activision side of Activision Blizzard King, where she formerly managed the data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/call-of-duty” data-auto-tag-linker=”true” data-mrf-recirculation=”inline-link” data-before-rewrite-redirect=”https://www.windowscentral.com/tag/call-duty” data-before-rewrite-localise=”https://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/call-of-duty”>Call of Duty franchise.
Faries notes…
