# Blizzard Is Reportedly Xbox's "Top-Performing" Studio Thanks to Overwatch and Diablo

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Podcast: [Game Mess Mornings](https://stenobird.com/podcast/game-mess-mornings-5219402)
Published: 2026-08-10T17:54:29+00:00
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## Resource

Lex Luddy joins Jeff Grubb to talk about Blizzard reportedly being Xbox's "Top-Performing" studio thanks to Overwatch and Diablo, Valve hardware customers being hit by a shipping-partner data breach, and more. Support us directly and get new episodes ad-free by signing up for Giant Bomb Premium at https://www.giantbomb.com/join Timestamps ( note, timestamps on this free version may vary greatly depending on how many ads you receive ): 00:00 Intro 05:26 Valve hardware customers hit by shipping-partner data breach 13:58 Blizzard Reportedly Leads Xbox as 'Top-Performing' Studio Thanks to Overwatch and Diablo 25:14 Doom developer slams Xbox after layoffs hit id Software 34:45 THQ Nordic says it has 12 unannounced games in development 41:00 Cancelled Quake 4 expansion gets surprise GitHub release after former XCOM 2 developer discovers it on an old hard drive 44:21 Dragon Age was always "too niche, too backwards, too old-school" in EA's eyes, former BioWare lead argues 48:13 After 10 years, players have discovered less than 1% of the planets in No Man’s Sky 51:52 SanDisk is the third company to release Xbox Series X/S Expansion Cards, with 2TB storage costing $340 53:16 This week 54:24 Outro

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