LIST: Here’s every Activision Blizzard IP Xbox now owns, including Crash Bandicoot and Guitar Hero
Microsoft is set to acquire some of gaming’s biggest franchises
Tuesday’s announcement that Microsoft has acquired Activision Blizzard means that the Xbox parent has now obtained a huge number of prominent game franchises.
If the $70 billion deal concludes without any issues, it means Microsoft will become the owner of a number of potentially lucrative video game IPs.
While the obvious examples of this include Call of Duty and World of Warcraft, there are other notable franchises that could become key properties for Xbox going forwards.
Depending on how Microsoft wants to handle them, they could also potentially become Xbox exclusives going forwards.
The list of IPs that could potentially be owned by Xbox following Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard includes:
- Blur
- Caesar
- Call of Duty
- Candy Crush
- Crash Bandicoot
- Diablo
- DJ Hero
- Empire Earth
- Gabriel Knight
- Geometry Wars
- Guitar Hero
- Gun
- Hearthstone
- Heroes of the Storm
- Hexen
- Interstate ’76
- King’s Quest
- Laura Bow Mysteries
- The Lost Vikings
- Overwatch
- Phantasmagoria
- Pitfall
- Police Quest
- Prototype
- Quest for Glory
- Singularity
- Skylanders
- Solider of Fortune
- Space Quest
- Spyro the Dragon
- StarCraft
- Tenchu (legacy games)
- TimeShift
- Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater
- True Crime
- World of Warcraft
- Zork
Xbox parent Microsoft confirmed on Tuesday that it’s acquired Activision Blizzard in the games industry’s biggest-ever deal.
The deal is expected to close in Microsoft’s fiscal year 2023, subject to closing conditions and completion of regulatory review. The transaction has been approved by the boards of directors of both Microsoft and Activision Blizzard.
The acquisition will also add studios such as Infinity Ward, Raven Software, Sledgehammer Games, Toys for Bob and Treyarch to Xbox, bringing its first-party roster to 30 studios, along with additional publishing and esports production capabilities, and a major presence in mobile with the addition of Candy Crush maker King.
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