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Originally Posted by MarkyMark
After looking through what they actually acquired I'm surprised to see I haven't really played any of these games except one of the Diablos at a buddies house some years ago. I honestly thought I played more games by them.
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
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Yes, Activision has been stagnant for years, Blizzard too. And they have been getting worse and worse with all the employees finally fighting the harassment they'd been going through. A sale was probably the only way to salvage a once great company (by that I mean great products, not profit)
And probably the main reason it was so expensive was due to the mobile platform, which isn't even listed here
But with a complete overhaul from MS, I can see them switching focus from what they've been doing (garbage sequels every year) into each game being a big deal again. Activision owned all these IPs but won't touch them unless they can make a $100 million game out of them. Microsoft wants a ton of content though, and there will be studios of all sizes clamoring to make games based on these beloved IPs. Staff will be able to work in a safe and comfortable environment, and creative leads can be creative again.
It won't be immediate, but I have hope for Activision after years of being hopeless, and 2 years of actual boycotting to the point I deleted their launcher completely and never looked back.