Can Dreamhaven Recreate The Blizzard Magic?

Triple Click

Maximum Fun

Jason Schreier, Technology, Society & Culture, Maddy Myers, Video Games, Kirk Hamilton

4.4 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 15 May 2025

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Can the magic of old-school Blizzard ever be recreated? Dreamhaven, a company started by Blizzard co-founder Mike Morhaime and a whole bunch of other Blizzard veterans, seems to be trying to make it happen. Jason, Maddy, and Kirk talk about Dreamhaven's first two games, Sunderfolk and Wildgate, and whether it's possible to recreate those old Blizzard feelings in 2025.

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0:00.0	Everyone knows a blizzard is when a winter storm meet certain criteria for wind speed and
0:07.8	visibility. But when is a blizzard not a blizzard when it's a Dreamhaven? Welcome to Triple
0:13.5	Click where we bring the games to you. This week we're talking about two new games from Dreamhaven, a new
0:19.0	company with a very blizzard-like approach to game design,
0:21.6	led by some very ex-Blizzard-type developers.
0:24.6	There's a lot to talk about, so let's get into it.
0:30.6	I'm Kirk Hamilton.
0:32.0	I'm Maddie Myers.
0:33.6	And I'm Jason Shire.
0:34.8	Hello.
0:35.3	Hello.
0:36.5	It's us again.
0:37.3	Hi, my friends. Welcome back to another episode of Triple Click. Did you guys see the news that Giant Bomb has bought itself? Like the owners, they bought the first and took themselves in a wedding. I love to see it. I think we should also buy ourselves and make ourselves independent. That can be our big announcement. Great news. We already own ourselves.
0:55.0	We work with Maxim Fun, but...
0:56.5	We have sold Triple Click, and you're looking at the new owners.
1:00.3	We do own it.
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1:11.7	Maximum Fun not only is a network made up of shows that are owned by the people who make
1:16.5	them. They are also a co-op. So they are an employee-owned company themselves. There's a lot of very
1:22.7	beneficial ownership going on in the triple click universe.
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