Activision Blizzard Unveils Warcraft Mobile Game and Cancels Another

Blizzard, a division of Activision Blizzard Inc., unveiled a new game for mobile phones set in the popular Warcraft universe, one of two big projects that had been in development.

The game revealed by the company Tuesday, Warcraft Arclight Rumble, resembles Supercell Oy’s popular Clash Royale. Activision Blizzard chose to cancel the other project, an augmented-reality game that would have been similar to Pokémon Go, said people familiar with the company’s plans who asked not to be identified because the information is private. A representative for Blizzard didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.