Microsoft acquired Activision Blizzard King for $69 Billion on 2023-10-13

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I hope Toys for Bob makes a sequel to The Horde. Unless they don't retain any of their original IP.

 

[eastmen]

Microsoft Gaming's Blizzard Entertainment games are coming back to China thanks to a new deal with NetEase, while also 'exploring ways to bring more new titles to Xbox'

Microsoft Gaming, Blizzard Entertainment, and NetEase reach a new deal to bring Blizzard games back to China.

www.windowscentral.com

Looks like microsoft is bringing back wow and stuff to china and we may see the flood gates open and netease will bring their games to xbox

 

[Cyan]

Microsoft has ‘let Blizzard be Blizzard’ following its acquisition, studio says | VGC

Microsoft has “let Blizzard be Blizzard,” following the acquisition of the veteran developer according to World of Warcraft’s executive producer.

www.videogameschronicle.com

“There’s no one asking us to do anything,” she continued. “World of Warcraft is doing very well and they’re very proud of what it’s been able to accomplish, so it’s almost like just let it be, and let it keep being awesome. They’ve been tremendously supportive and it’s like ‘let Blizzard be Blizzard’.”

 

[MCharta]

Is letting Blizzard being Blizzard really such a great thing lately ? I have no definitive answer but it's surely not a big yes without hesitations.

 

[cheapchips]

Is letting Blizzard being Blizzard really such a great thing lately ? I have no definitive answer but it's surely not a big yes without hesitations.

We have at least a couple of anecdotes of execs at ABK outside of the game teams themselves enforcing stupid decisions. So probably.

 

[Shifty Geezer]

We have at least a couple of anecdotes of execs at ABK outside of the game teams themselves enforcing stupid decisions. So probably.

Overwatch 2's PvE content scrapped as devs are denied bonuses for the first time, report claims

Overwatch 2's beleaguered PvE content has reportedly been scrapped.That's according to Bloomberg, which reported yester…

www.eurogamer.net

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Blizzard had always shared bonuses company-wide to avoid "everyone [wanting] to work on the most successful games rather than experiment with new ideas", but former Activision boss, Bobby Kotich, had long argued that only those "behind the most lucrative products should be rewarded".​

 

[Kaotik]

Overwatch 2's PvE content scrapped as devs are denied bonuses for the first time, report claims

Overwatch 2's beleaguered PvE content has reportedly been scrapped.That's according to Bloomberg, which reported yester…

www.eurogamer.net

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Blizzard had always shared bonuses company-wide to avoid "everyone [wanting] to work on the most successful games rather than experiment with new ideas", but former Activision boss, Bobby Kotich, had long argued that only those "behind the most lucrative products should be rewarded".​

That works great when you're activision which did nothing but re-print same games over and over and over again. If you want innovative new IPs that mentality won't work in a company that has big cash cow titles too.