The business originated from the Fusion of the Publisher Activision with Vivaldi Universal Games. Majority proprietor was Vivaldi until July 2013. The business emerged on 10 July 2008 by the merger of the US Team Activision as well as Vivaldi Games, a 100% subsidiary of the media company Vivaldi. Due to the basic brownness by the development of the computer system game Globe of Warcraft, the high sales share in Vivaldi Gaming and the autonomy that the studio delights in both under Vivaldi Games and the new group, the combination partners made a decision to suit Blizzard on behalf of the company. In January 2022, the acquisition of the Group was introduced by Microsoft. The room has an acquisition rate of just under $70 billion.
- Update on the situation of Diablo 4 before the acquisition
- What the Activision Blizzard acquisition by Microsoft can (or not) change
The announcement of the Activision Blizzard Acquisition by Microsoft has been the most important movement of the year. Well, perhaps of recent years. So we're trying to take stock of everything that has happened, it's going to happen, and putting the focus on some games.
If you have been waiting for Diablo 4 and you have any concerns about it, it has come to the right place. We will do everything possible to analyze and explain the situation. However, keep in mind that these are only forecasts, and it is never possible to predict the final turn of certain events. Especially with the plot twists that we live lately in this simulation.
Update on the situation of Diablo 4 before the acquisition
Officially announced at the end of 2019, Diablo 4 had already been in development for some years before. According to the latest information, it will not arrive in 2022 for several reasons, first, the loss of its two tests, the director of the game Luis Barrier and the game designer Jesse McCrae. The latter directly involved in the scandal of the various forms of harassment within the study.
Combined with the scandals that date back to Bobby Kick and the questionable group practices against its employees, it seems that the Diablo IV team has many problems to recruit competent developers. In any case, it is a particularly painful combination for a game whose development was intrinsically difficult, between the creation of a real open world and the attempt to reconcile the players of Diablo 2 and Diablo 3, who often have different expectations.
We do not know if the game will fulfill its promises or not, but it is clear that the current reputation of Activision Blizzard would have a negative impact on sales. Although now, with the purchase by Xbox, you will work on cleaning the image and leave the past.
What the Activision Blizzard acquisition by Microsoft can (or not) change
Bobby Kick, who is also directly involved at the highest level in the scandal, will remain the CEO of Activision Blizzard until the purchase at least one year or more . In addition, his own future was certainly a point discussed during the negotiations. The executive director of Microsoft Gaming, Phil Spencer, will lead the group, but the precise position of Bobby Kick after the acquisition is not clear. It is possible that he remains at the current position of him, while taking advantage of Microsoft's presence to maintain a low profile and stop being the center of attention.
For the part of it, Microsoft may be intended to get rid of him as soon as possible if the situation allows it, to show that image washing. The departure of it is a key point to send a convincing message to both employees and consumers. Not doing so would be to waste the main opportunity that comes with the purchase, since Kick is the obvious expiatory, and get rid of him would be a good way to get good advertising.
Officially, According to Phil Spencer's words, Microsoft's philosophy behind these multiple acquisitions is to help acquired studies to be more efficient in what they do, and therefore to be more profitable preserving their identity, and not asking them to develop something. Another thing for the parent company .
Ironically, Activision is known to do exactly the opposite, since all their studies stopped developing Call of Duty or Icarus Visions joined Blizzard. Assuming that Diablo 4 does not come out before the acquisition is materialized in 2023, it could receive technical and human support from Microsoft , which would obviously not be a luxury with your personnel problems.
One of the points on which there are few doubts is the incorporation of Diablo IV to the famous game pass after its launch.
During the Blazon 2019, Diablo 4 for PC, PS4 and Xbox One was announced, its launch is implemented in new consoles. There is a possibility that Diablo 4 does not launch in the PlayStation consoles, but it is not something that can be confirmed or deny at this time .
It depends a lot on the agreements and contracts made with Sony, as well as the progress of the game and its versions of PS4 and PS5. This will remain a great question mark until the study is communicated, for example, announcing a launch date with a list of platforms. In summary The acquisition of Activision Blizzard could be something good for Diablo 4, especially if the project is in such a bad state as it seems. The reason is that it would leave the scandal in the background, while providing the means that the team in charge of the game needs to complete the development. The integration of Game Pass can only be something good, at least in terms of popularity.
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