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Microsoft and Activision have formed a new team within Blizzard to work on smaller 'AA' games based on existing IP (www.windowscentral.com)

submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

I just want Warcraft 4.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

Maybe we'll get a new Lost Vikings?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Make StarCraft Ghost please.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

Make StarCraft 1 again...but like the same thing but different ya know? Kinda like just give me a pill to forget about StarCraft so I can replay it and disassociate for a while.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

This... is actually kind of exciting. Two massive studios (potentially) showing they also feel that the current AAA space is saturated with boring, soulless, samey games, year after year.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 months ago (1 children)

That's a naive take. Microsoft saw that there is money to make in AA games, so they want in on the action.

If they didn't think that AA games could increase their profits, they wouldn't do it.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago

That's a ~~naive~~ optimistic take.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

New Banjo Kazooie please

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

Oooo. Is this by any chance the ghost of vicarious visions coming back?

[–] [email protected] 20 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Maybe they could make an action game like Devil May Cry but with something like a rhythm game element to it. Do they have any existing IP that that could fit? Or a team that could make it?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Hifi rush. Youre looking for hifi rush.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Pretty sure that’s the joke.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

Lol woosh

[–] [email protected] 25 points 3 months ago

Best I can do is Overwatch themed Candy Crush.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

The article says that the "new" group is just mostly King (the developers of Candy Crush Saga) employees, and they will basically be working on Activision/Blizzard IP, it doesn't say anything about them working on general Microsoft IP. It is likely Activitions massive back catalogue may finally have some games make a comeback.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

I know. I was being facetious. What this headline actually gives me hope for is a new Metal Arms, but I need to temper my expectations.