--- title: Leaked emails reveal Blizzard is Xbox's top-performing... description: Internal emails obtained by Windows Central reveal Blizzard closed Microsoft's FY26 as the top-performing studio within Xbox Game Studios. Blizzard president... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/leaked-emails-reveal-blizzard-is-xbox-s-top-performing-studio-for-fy26-hx27djovd twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Leaked emails reveal Blizzard is Xbox's top-performing studio for FY26 | daily.dev og:description: Internal emails obtained by Windows Central reveal Blizzard closed Microsoft's FY26 as the top-performing studio within Xbox Game Studios. Blizzard president... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/leaked-emails-reveal-blizzard-is-xbox-s-top-performing-studio-for-fy26-hx27djovd og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/hX27dJovD.png og:image:alt: Leaked emails reveal Blizzard is Xbox's top-performing studio for FY26 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Leaked emails reveal Blizzard is Xbox's top-performing studio for FY26 **[GamesIndustry.biz](https://daily.dev/sources/gamesindustry)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Internal emails obtained by Windows Central reveal Blizzard closed Microsoft's FY26 as the top-performing studio within Xbox Game Studios. Blizzard president Johanna Faries credited Diablo 4: Lord of Hatred and Overwatch for driving the studio's second consecutive year of growth, marking its third highest fiscal year for top-line revenue in company history. Overwatch also delivered its strongest quarter since 2022. The results contrast with the broader Xbox division's declining revenue. Blizzard is set to reveal its upcoming slate at BlizzCon 2026 in September. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### Which Xbox studio was the top performer in Microsoft's FY26? Blizzard was the top-performing studio within Xbox Game Studios in FY26, according to internal emails shared by Blizzard president Johanna Faries. The studio's performance was driven by Diablo 4: Lord of Hatred and Overwatch, marking its second consecutive year of growth and its third highest fiscal year for top-line revenue in Blizzard's history. Overwatch also delivered its strongest quarter since 2022. _Teams tracking Xbox and Microsoft's gaming business performance follow developments like these on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Xbox announces business 'reset' amid reports of layoffs](https://daily.dev/posts/xbox-announces-business-reset-amid-reports-of-layoffs-foqtxbcca) · Game Developer · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Blizzard boss Johanna Faries says company is in position to deliver "reliable cadences of launches"](https://daily.dev/posts/blizzard-boss-johanna-faries-says-company-is-in-position-to-deliver-reliable-cadences-of-launches--jb8yzvk7m) · GamesIndustry.biz · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Microsoft is considering spinning off Xbox entirely as the division’s margins hit 3%](https://daily.dev/posts/microsoft-is-considering-spinning-off-xbox-entirely-as-the-division-s-margins-hit-3--b8hegika7) · The Next Web · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Trouble at Xbox](https://daily.dev/posts/trouble-at-xbox-cfkgerom3) · TechCentral · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#microsoft](https://daily.dev/tags/microsoft), [#gaming](https://daily.dev/tags/gaming), [#xbox](https://daily.dev/tags/xbox) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/leaked-emails-reveal-blizzard-is-xbox-s-top-performing-studio-for-fy26-hx27djovd) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Leaked emails reveal Blizzard is Xbox's top-performing studio for FY26","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/leaked-emails-reveal-blizzard-is-xbox-s-top-performing-studio-for-fy26-hx27djovd","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/leaked-emails-reveal-blizzard-is-xbox-s-top-performing-studio-for-fy26-hx27djovd"},"datePublished":"2026-08-10T16:08:16.975Z","dateModified":"2026-09-14T06:53:36.311Z","description":"Internal emails obtained by Windows Central reveal Blizzard closed Microsoft's FY26 as the top-performing studio within Xbox Game Studios. 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