Xbox and Activision Blizzard have only been one entity for a little over a month, at least officially, but the two companies seem to be coming together at speedy pace so far. Speaking at a recent summit, Xbox CFO Tim Stuart talked about the team integrating with ActiBlizz, and how the process is going (thanks, TechRaptor).
When discussing the acquisition, Stuart remarked about how quickly the teams have merged during the first month-or-so of being together:
"Thankfully we both talk a gaming language and even the few months since we've been a entity, the speed of which we've integrated and the speed at which we've worked together is really impressive."
Sticking with that topic, the Xbox exec also discussed the big reasons behind the merger going ahead in the first place. It sounds like much of Microsoft's reasoning came down to the expertise that Activision Blizzard holds within its development teams.
"At the highest level, it's leveraging what Activision is so good at, which is consoles, and PC, and mobile... How do we take that great DNA, make it an accelerant to the IP that we have, leverage the great assets that they have and the expertise that they have?"
It's sounding like things are progressing nicely at the moment then, which is good news for Xbox fans. Much of the community is eagerly anticipating ActiBlizz Game Pass news and things of that nature, so the quicker the merging happens, the better for Xbox fans. Who knows, after today's cryptic tweet from Sarah Bond, maybe we're in for a treat sooner than we thought? Maybe.
What are you most hyped about regarding Activision Blizzard? Tell us down in the comments below.
[source techraptor.net]
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ABK tittles in gamepass will show me progress.... dump em in.
@Krzzystuff Couldn't have said it better myself!
Come on we want see the games now in gamepass no excuses
An absolute deluge of Activision games on gamepass in time for Christmas! Let’s Go!
My expectations are raised to see ABK games starting no later than Jan 2024
@Krzzystuff true but unfortunately I say won't be next start next year, maybe around February March time we might get first dump of games onto gamepass.
I mean this is not impressive right?! You knew this was happening in some capacity for the better part of 2 years. This seems like it moving at a regular pace considering. Not at an impressive pace. Just saying.
First comment says it all.
Advent calendar of ABK games to celebrate the holiday season please
Regardless of progress, I see them waiting until January 2024. Gotta get a few more bucks out of the Xbox Countdown Sale for 5yo games.
@Astig I disagree, my experience of corporate takeovers and such-like is that you're legally prohibited from doing any work until its complete. They can only plan how to go about it in the run up to that. AFAIK anyway, often wrong, so take with a pinch.
All we have is some MS CFO singing their own praises in an internal meeting. Heaven knows how the integration is actually going.
need them ach support for older games too unlike lazy bethesda
Like he was going to come out and say, "It's awful. It's going really bad. We're all over the place. I hate them all. This merger is stupid. Make it stop" 😂
@FMT Fair enough. It might be a local law thing as well. My experience is slightly different albeit with MUCH smaller companies and outside the US. I guess it is just as you said. Some CFO singing their own praises and I guess I am equally just singing criticism back at them. As I said the very first comment says it all. When we get the games, we will agree.
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