On October 13, Microsoft accomplished its practically two-year-long course of of consuming Activision Blizzard King. And whereas it should take months and years for Xbox and all of the events concerned to type every part out and begin bringing previous Activision Blizzard video games to Recreation Move, for now, we will tally up every part Microsoft seemingly now owns.
To place collectively this record I dug round a couple of completely different locations and double-checked some franchises to substantiate who owns what. In some circumstances I wasn’t ready to determine a decisive reply, so I left these out. I additionally prevented including each single recreation these firms have revealed, as some had been one-offs which have by no means been touched since and that don’t really feel like a “franchise.” Lastly, simply because Activision or different firms beforehand revealed an X-Males or ESPN-branded recreation doesn’t imply the writer owns that model and even that particular recreation. So these aren’t on right here, both.
With all that stated, right here’s my greatest shot at assessing each gaming franchise Microsoft now owns (most likely).
Activision/Blizzard
3D Extremely PinballCall of DutyCall to PowerCrash BandicootDark ReignDiabloExtreme PaintBrawlFront Web page Sports activities BaseballGabriel KnightGeometry WarsGuitar HeroGunHearthstoneHeavy GearHereticHeroes of the StormHexenInterstate ‘76King’s QuestLaura Bow Thriller SeriesLost Vikings, TheMatt Hoffman’s Professional BMXOverwatchPhantasmagoriaPitfallPolice QuestPrototypeQuest for GlorySWATSingularitySkylandersSoldier of FortuneSpace QuestSpyroStarCraftTenchu (solely the video games launched earlier than Activision offered the rights to From Software program in 2004)Tony Hawk’s Professional SkaterTrue CrimeUltimate Soccer ManagerWarcraftWorld of WarcraftZork
King
AlphaBetty SagaBlossom Blast SagaBubble SagaBubble Witch SagaCandy Crush SagaDiamond Digger SagaFarm Heroes SagaHoop de Loop SagaPapa Pear SagaParadise BayPepper Panic SagaPet Rescue SagaPyramid Solitaire SagaRebel RidersScrubby Dubby SagaShuffle Cats
Bethesda / Zenimax
Commander KeenDeathloopDishonoredDoomElder ScrollsFalloutHi-Fi RushPreyQuakeRageRedfallStarfieldThe Evil WithinWolfenstein
Xbox / Microsoft
Age of EmpiresAge of MythologyBanjo-KazooieBard’s Story, TheBattletoadsBlinx: The Time SweeperBlue DragonConkerCostume QuestCrackdownCrimson SkiesFableForzaGears of WarHaloKiller InstinctKinect SportsMicrosoft Flight SimulatorMidtown MadnessMinecraftPerfect DarkPillars of EternityProject Gotham RacingPsychonautsR.C. Professional-AmRise of NationsSabremanState of DecayThunder (Hydro Thunder, Arctic Thunder, and so forth.)Viva PinataWastelandZoo Tycoon
And think about this enjoyable problem whilst you take all of it in: Strive not to consider how unhappy it’s that so few companies now personal a lot of our popular culture. Let me inform you, I failed! However no less than Name of Responsibility shall be free on Recreation Move sooner or later, proper?
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