It’s absolutely no secret that with today’s announcement of Xbox acquiring Activision-Blizzard, that Xbox’s juggernaut of studios and franchises has gone to a new level in terms of trying to keep track of the studios and franchise that they own, so we thought we’d take a quick look at not only what was added today, but then also their overall slate of studios that they now have control of.
It’s worth mentioning that whilst Xbox has made its intentions extremely clear in regards to the Activision-Blizzard acquisition, technically it hasn’t gone through legally yet, although we see now reason why it won’t.
ACTIVISION-BLIZZARD FRANCHISES THAT WILL BECOME XBOX FRANCHISES
- Crash Bandicoot
- Spyro The Dragon
- Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater
- Call Of Duty
- Call Of Duty Warzone
- Candy Crush
- Diablo
- Hearthstone
- World of Warcraft
- Overwatch
- Warcraft
- Guitar Hero
Xbox is getting a new lineup of iconic Activision Blizzard games to add to their roster and #XboxGamePass pic.twitter.com/z3mG8aeM3D
— XB News (Not affiliated with Xbox) (@_XboxNews) January 18, 2022
Believe it or not, there’s actually more that lay dormant, but we’ve kept this list to the ones that have been active in the last 5-10 years.
THE NEW SLATE OF XBOX FIRST-PARTY STUDIOS
With the addition of several new Activision Blizzard studios and a whole bunch of new talent, it takes Xbox’s first party studio line-up to more than 30 studios.
The great Klobrille has also put this into a new graphic to make it super easy, but it’s clearly getting to the point where one graphic isn’t enough.
The future of Xbox | Powered by incredible Xbox first-party teams at Xbox Game Studios, Bethesda and Activision Blizzard.
A first-party studios force surreal to look at. pic.twitter.com/mvXvtMQB2c
— Klobrille (@klobrille) January 18, 2022
Welcome Activision Blizzard to the Xbox family! pic.twitter.com/eDH3z4cpWL
— Xbox News (@_XboxNews) January 18, 2022
- 343 Industries
- Alpha Dog
- Arkane
- Beenox
- Bethesda Game Studios
- Blizzard
- Compulsion Games
- Double Fine
- High Moon
- ID
- Infinity Ward
- inXile
- King
- Machine Games
- Mojang
- Ninja Theory
- Obsidian
- Playground Games
- Rare
- Raven
- Roundhouse games
- Sledgehammer Games
- Tango Gameworks
- The Coalition
- Toys For Bobs
- Treyarch
- Turn 10
- Undead Labs
- World’s Edge
- Xbox Game Studios
- Zenimax
Without doubt, Xbox now has a killer lineup of studios that are working on existing games and new IP that will hopefully excite and delight for years to come.