Well, the megaton news we've all been waiting for has finally landed. Activision Blizzard is officially a part of team Xbox as Microsoft eventually pushes its huge merger through after almost two years of work.
Now that we've waded through all of the legislation and whatnot though, it's about the games, as Xbox's Phil Spencer has already been keen to point out. Here's what the Xbox boss has to say on why this is such a huge moment for the team - and for Xbox players alike:
"I’ve long admired the work of Activision, Blizzard, and King, and the impact they’ve had on gaming, entertainment, and pop culture. Whether it was late nights spent playing the Diablo IV campaign with friends from start to finish, gathering the entire family in the rec room for our weekly Guitar Hero night, or going on an epic streak in Candy Crush, some of my most memorable gaming moments came from experiences their studios have created. It is incredible to welcome such legendary teams to Xbox."
"For the millions of fans who love Activision, Blizzard, and King games, we want you to know that today is a good day to play. You are the heart and soul of these franchises, and we are honored to have you as part of our community."
However, Phil doesn't just welcome the Xbox community to this new ActiBlizz-themed party. The boss has name dropped PlayStation, Nintendo and more as other gaming communities that the team wants to involve with past, present and future Activision Blizzard releases.
"Whether you play on Xbox, PlayStation, Nintendo, PC or mobile, you are welcome here – and will remain welcome, even if Xbox isn’t where you play your favorite franchise. Because when everyone plays, we all win. We believe our news today will unlock a world of possibilities for more ways to play."
Here at Pure Xbox we're very excited to see how the future unfolds with Activision Blizzard officially under Xbox's wing. As you can also see, Phil and the rest of team Xbox seem rather excited about that future too.
Which Activision, Blizzard, or King IP are you most excited to play under Xbox? Blow off some ActiBlizz steam in the comments down below!
[source news.xbox.com]
Comments 42
But, but, but doom and gloom - the immediate collapse of the gaming industry as we know it! The total disregard for competition! The disdain for industry consolidation!
Come on Pure Xbox, get with it! 😂
NOTE: obviously a joke.
No report on the line that Kotick is staying through "the end of 2023" to "ensure a smooth and seamless integration". While that doesn't make it clear he's out, it STRONGLY suggests it. Hopefully Microsoft's lawyers can find a way to fiddle him out of some of those possible parachute payments.
More players will get more games across more systems than ever before.
Today really is a great day to play and a great day for gamers everywhere!
@themightyant it's coming 😅
Time for Sony to kiss the ring from now on ha
Congratulations Xbox & ABK 😊
@Kaloudz
You need to to go over to Push Square and have some fun, I just have 😂
Even someone blaming digital media on Xbox now.
Not that they don’t realise that Sony would love an all digital market as they would have most to gain, as most trade in their single player games once they have completed them. Which costs Sony billions per year.
Hence forth let October the 13th been known as ABK DAY
Great news for xbox gamers I'm not much of a fan of any Activision blizzard games myself but hopefully under Microsofts wing they are just a better company now full stop kotick has to go now as well he's a vile man and is a cancer to the gaming industy but the futures rosy for xbox gamers especially with a load of dead ips been bought back to life like Hexen prototype tony hawks and others 😀
@BaldBelper78 The judge's ruling in the FTC trial stated it perfectly:
"After the merger, consumers can utilize the cloud to play on the device of choice, including, it is intended, on the Nintendo Switch. Perhaps bad for Sony. But good for Call of Duty gamers and future gamers."
@OldGamer999 an all digital market is a terrible idea full stop I've always traded my games in
@OldGamer999 Bingo! I said that one Push and notice i don’t get much pushback cause they know it’s true. I asked someone today if PS users buying digital games by the millions didn’t help get us this much closer to all digital. Seems a little hard to digest for some over there than just blaming MS.
@Dan1283
I’m not saying it is good for everyone including my son he trades games in especially PS5 games.
I just love all digital for me in every aspect
But then I have gampass for many years.
@HonestHick
Hi chap, yeah I did see you put that the other day.
Happy ABK Day.
@OldGamer999 that's the great thing about gamepass all xboxs 1st party games are on gamepass for my ps5 and switch players though obviously it's a bummer
@Dan1283
Well we all know it’s gonna happen one day.
Kicking and screaming or not.
@OldGamer999 yep it is unfortunately there's no getting away from it
@Dan1283
I just like the digital convenience
Get in the car all my old cds and new music on one tiny usb stick, amazing if you remember cassette music days 😂
@GamingFan4Lyf I assume that COd will only be a cloud game on Switch from that unless ……. Game Pass on Nintendo Switch?
@BaldBelper78 Somehow I doubt there will be a native Switch version. I don't expect to see COD on a Nintendo system at all until Switch successor.
I guess anything is possible, though! Look at EA and porting Frostbite Engine to Switch for the latest...uhm...FIFA (I don't know what it's called, lol).
It's not like Call of Duty couldn't run on Switch as long as everything is custom-tailored for the system rather than an attempt to port higher-end versions to Switch.
@OldGamer999 oh I do yes we are spoiled in a lot of ways now 😊 too spoiled
@Kaloudz
Oh dear someone has just had a pop at me over on Push 😂😂😂
Saying Sony make blu ray players so they don’t want to go all digital.
So I told them, Sony haven’t made a new design blu ray player in years and aggressively promote Sony movie streaming services.
@BrilliantBill some people really need get a life I have all 3 consoles I have no biased towards any company because they don't give a dam about me these fanboys are pretty sad if you ask me especially on some sites
@GamingFan4Lyf Yeah I doubt it as well.
@BeerIsAwesome I disagree, Sony doesn't mind painting subway cars with the latest game release. That probably doesn't come cheap!
Removed - flaming/arguing
@BrilliantBill id put insomniac into that mix as well,maybe now they will actually make a good game on par with sonys first party ,anyway spiderman 2 is out next week ,im sure playstation owners,will forget about this,when they play that behemoth of a game,I really don't see what the point of some people gloating is.
@BeerIsAwesome Walkmans still exist?
@BeerIsAwesome Man, I remember the Walkman was a big deal in the cassette era. You were somebody if you had the Walkman.
Then came the Discman with anti-skip technology.
@BeerIsAwesome
Dam well does, big models in parks, painting sub ways etc tv advertising.
@Kaloudz
Pure Xbox is the best community now.
I would say a year or so ago it maybe wasn’t.
@Maddie47
It won’t hurt Sony short term probably.
But long term it could do, it depends how Sony manage PlayStations future going forward.
@tallythwack
Maybe I should, just some harmless fun in my eyes 😂
@BeerIsAwesome I mean, I would think most people use their phones rather than a proprietary MP3 player. But, okay. 🤷♂️
@OldGamer999 Meh. It is still pretty much lacking overall.
@OldGamer999
"Pure Xbox is the best community now.
I would say a year or so ago it maybe wasn’t."
Ive always felt that too. Its only a day like today when I doubt it, but theres not too many ABK days, so I guess some stupid comments to be expected 😁
Dear Xbox, please don't blow it. This might be your only chance to ACTUALLY compete so, expecting so much from you finally =D
@Titntin
ABK DAY is special.
But yes pure Xbox is the best community.
@Qu1n0n3z
Thinking the same as well.
This surely along with Zenimax is Xbox best moments coming up.
Royal Games the main portal to King got shut down two years ago but since then, players have been able to log in showing the profiles, does Royal Games have any hope at all being revived?
@BaldBelper78 I hope this means Royal Games will get revived, the site only got shut down because the games couldn’t be supported by Flash, players are still able to log in with all the profiles showing
Hi there fellow gamers.
I think the ABK thing may eventually be good for Xbox ecosystem.
But for gamers on other platforms, well..... Only time will tell.
I can see Gamepass becoming even more apealling with more games being available there day one.
Can you imagine CoD day one on Gamepass? Absolutely crazy.
As for me, all I care about is good games, no matter the system. Xbox studios just got a whole lot more bigger.
Let´s hope they can finally start delivering the goods.
Xbox fans have been waiting very patiently for a steady stream of games, especially exclusives, and it´s about time they do.
Cheers and happy gaming everyone
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