{"id":52160,"date":"2023-10-13T18:15:00","date_gmt":"2023-10-13T18:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gamergog.com\/index.php\/2023\/10\/13\/every-franchise-xbox-now-owns-after-buying-activision\/"},"modified":"2023-10-16T08:18:23","modified_gmt":"2023-10-16T08:18:23","slug":"every-franchise-xbox-now-owns-after-buying-activision","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gamergog.com\/index.php\/2023\/10\/13\/every-franchise-xbox-now-owns-after-buying-activision\/","title":{"rendered":"Each Franchise Xbox Now Owns After Shopping for Activision"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<figure class=\"sc-1eow4w5-1 fuSEnv align--bleed js_marquee-assetfigure\" data-id=\"b19cdca9c96888c978cfd87ea9cad705\" data-recommend-id=\"image:\/\/b19cdca9c96888c978cfd87ea9cad705\" data-format=\"jpg\" data-width=\"1920\" data-height=\"1080\" data-lightbox=\"true\" data-alt=\"An image collage shows different games Microsoft now owns.\" data-recommended=\"false\" data-hide=\"false\" contenteditable=\"false\" draggable=\"false\">\n<div class=\"sc-1eow4w5-2 fDJNBs has-data img-wrapper\" contenteditable=\"false\" style=\"max-width:1920px\" data-alt=\"An image collage shows different games Microsoft now owns.\" data-link-reference=\"\" data-link-target=\"\" data-syndicationrights=\"true\" data-imagerights=\"fair-use\" data-hide=\"false\" data-hidecredit=\"false\"><span class=\"sc-1eow4w5-0 knmQPh js_lightbox-wrapper\"><\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:56.3%\" class=\"sc-1eow4w5-3 hGpdBg\"><picture class=\"sc-epkw7d-0 diKDHf\"><source media=\"(max-width: 37.31em)\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i.kinja-img.com\/image\/upload\/c_fit,f_auto,g_center,q_60,w_645\/b19cdca9c96888c978cfd87ea9cad705.jpg\"\/><source media=\"(min-width: 37.37em)\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i.kinja-img.com\/image\/upload\/c_fit,f_auto,g_center,q_60,w_1315\/b19cdca9c96888c978cfd87ea9cad705.jpg\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"An image collage shows different games Microsoft now owns.\" data-chomp-id=\"b19cdca9c96888c978cfd87ea9cad705\" data-format=\"jpg\" data-alt=\"An image collage shows different games Microsoft now owns.\" data-anim-src=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i.kinja-img.com\/image\/upload\/c_fit,f_auto,g_center,q_60,w_645\/b19cdca9c96888c978cfd87ea9cad705.jpg\"\/><\/picture><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p><figcaption class=\"sc-7s1ndr-0 fPOdhF no-caption\">Picture<!-- -->: <!-- -->Xbox \/ Activision \/ King \/ Bethesda \/ Kotaku<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span data-id=\"b19cdca9c96888c978cfd87ea9cad705\" data-recommend-id=\"image:\/\/b19cdca9c96888c978cfd87ea9cad705\" data-format=\"jpg\" data-width=\"1920\" data-height=\"1080\" data-lightbox=\"true\" data-alt=\"An image collage shows different games Microsoft now owns.\" data-recommended=\"false\" data-hide=\"false\" class=\"js_recommend\"\/><\/figure>\n<div class=\"sc-r43lxo-1 cwnrYD\">\n<p class=\"sc-77igqf-0 fnnahv\">On October 13, <span>Microsoft accomplished its practically two-year-long course of<\/span> of <span>consuming Activision Blizzard King<\/span>. And whereas it can take months and years for Xbox and all of the events concerned to kind every little thing out and <span>begin bringing previous Activision Blizzard video games to Recreation Move<\/span>, for now, we will tally up every little thing Microsoft seemingly now owns. <\/p>\n<div class=\"sc-1needdh-1 czxCOT\">\n<div class=\"sc-1needdh-0 jLsF instream-native-video instream-permalink instream-native-video--mobile\">\n<div class=\"sc-1h0epat-0 crfeiW\">\n<div class=\"sc-1wkneyl-4 kDKXjm video-html5-playlist\" data-playlist=\"194328,195840,195812\" data-current=\"194328\">\n<div class=\"sc-1wkneyl-0 hAZDOz video-html5-loaded\">\n<div class=\"sc-1wkneyl-1 jShsAa video-html5-player\">\n<div class=\"sc-lhhce6-0 RokZO video-html5 autoplay muted mobile\" data-video-id=\"194328\" data-monetizable=\"true\" data-position=\"sidebar\" data-video-title=\"The Team Behind Tetris On The New Movie And Gaming History \" data-video-blog-id=\"9\" data-video-network=\"kotaku\" data-video-duration=\"407\">\n<div class=\"sc-lhhce6-2 emBeiF video-top-bar\">\n<p>The Staff Behind Tetris On The New Film And Gaming Historical past <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><video disablepictureinpicture=\"\" muted=\"\" playsinline=\"\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\" preload=\"none\" style=\"max-height:none\"><source data-src=\"https:\/\/vid.kinja.com\/prod\/194328\/194328_240p.mp4\" label=\"240p\" type=\"video\/mp4\"\/><source data-src=\"https:\/\/vid.kinja.com\/prod\/194328\/194328_480p.mp4\" label=\"480p\" type=\"video\/mp4\"\/><source data-src=\"https:\/\/vid.kinja.com\/prod\/194328\/194328_720p.mp4\" label=\"720p\" type=\"video\/mp4\"\/><source data-src=\"https:\/\/vid.kinja.com\/prod\/194328\/194328_1080p.mp4\" label=\"1080p\" type=\"video\/mp4\"\/><track kind=\"captions\" label=\"English\" src=\"https:\/\/kinja.com\/api\/videoupload\/caption\/19785.vtt\" srclang=\"en\"\/><\/video><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"sc-77igqf-0 fnnahv\">To place collectively this record I dug round just a few completely different locations and double-checked some franchises to verify who owns what. In some circumstances I wasn\u2019t in a position to determine a decisive reply, so I left these out. I additionally prevented including each single sport these corporations have revealed, as some had been one-offs which have by no means been touched since and that don\u2019t really feel like a \u201cfranchise.\u201d Lastly, simply because Activision or different corporations beforehand revealed an<em> X-Males <\/em>or ESPN-branded sport doesn\u2019t imply the writer owns that model and even that particular sport. So these aren\u2019t on right here, both.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-77igqf-0 fnnahv\">With all that stated, right here\u2019s my greatest shot at assessing each gaming franchise Microsoft now owns (most likely).<\/p>\n<hr class=\"sc-gcp5ez-1 cvXwRv\"\/>\n<h2 class=\"sc-1bwb26k-1 dezcon\" id=\"h680084\"><strong>Activision\/Blizzard<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul data-type=\"List\" data-style=\"Bullet\" class=\"sc-1lmbno3-0 iPScqk\">\n<li><em>3D Extremely Pinball<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Name of Responsibility<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Name to Energy<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Crash Bandicoot<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Darkish Reign<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Diablo<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Excessive PaintBrawl<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Entrance Web page Sports activities Baseball<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Gabriel Knight<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Geometry Wars<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Guitar Hero<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Gun<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Hearthstone<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Heavy Gear<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Heretic<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Heroes of the Storm<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Hexen<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Interstate \u201876<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>King\u2019s Quest<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Laura Bow Thriller Sequence<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Misplaced Vikings, The<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Matt Hoffman\u2019s Professional BMX<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Overwatch<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Phantasmagoria<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Pitfall<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Police Quest<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Prototype<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Quest for Glory<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>SWAT<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Singularity<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Skylanders<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Soldier of Fortune<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>House Quest<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Spyro<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>StarCraft<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Tenchu<\/em> <small>(solely the video games launched earlier than Activision bought the rights to From Software program in 2004)<\/small><\/li>\n<li><em>Tony Hawk\u2019s Professional Skater<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>True Crime<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Final Soccer Supervisor<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Warcraft<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>World of Warcraft<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Zork<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 class=\"sc-1bwb26k-1 dezcon\" id=\"h680085\"><strong>King<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul data-type=\"List\" data-style=\"Bullet\" class=\"sc-1lmbno3-0 iPScqk\">\n<li><em>AlphaBetty Saga<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Blossom Blast Saga<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Bubble Saga<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Bubble Witch Saga<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Sweet Crush Saga<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Diamond Digger Saga<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Farm Heroes Saga<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Hoop de Loop Saga<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Papa Pear Saga<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Paradise Bay<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Pepper Panic Saga<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Pet Rescue Saga<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Pyramid Solitaire Saga<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Insurgent Riders<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Scrubby Dubby Saga<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Shuffle Cats<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr class=\"sc-gcp5ez-1 khcaUW\"\/>\n<h2 class=\"sc-1bwb26k-1 dezcon\" id=\"h680086\"><strong>Bethesda \/ Zenimax<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul data-type=\"List\" data-style=\"Bullet\" class=\"sc-1lmbno3-0 iPScqk\">\n<li><em>Commander Eager<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Deathloop<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Dishonored<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Doom<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Elder Scrolls<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Fallout<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Hello-Fi Rush<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Prey<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Quake<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Rage<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Redfall<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Starfield<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>The Evil Inside<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Wolfenstein<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr class=\"sc-gcp5ez-1 khcaUW\"\/>\n<h2 class=\"sc-1bwb26k-1 dezcon\" id=\"h680087\"><strong>Xbox \/ Microsoft<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul data-type=\"List\" data-style=\"Bullet\" class=\"sc-1lmbno3-0 iPScqk\">\n<li><em>Age of Empires<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Age of Mythology<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Banjo-Kazooie<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Bard\u2019s Story, The<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Battletoads<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Blinx: The Time Sweeper<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Blue Dragon<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Conker<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Costume Quest<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Crackdown<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Crimson Skies<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Fable<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Forza<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Gears of Conflict<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Halo<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Killer Intuition<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Kinect Sports activities<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Microsoft Flight Simulator<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Midtown Insanity<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Minecraft<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Excellent Darkish<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Pillars of Eternity<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Mission Gotham Racing<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Psychonauts<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>R.C. Professional-Am<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Rise of Nations<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Sabreman<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>State of Decay<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Thunder<\/em> (<em>Hydro Thunder<\/em>, <em>Arctic Thunder<\/em>, and so on.)<\/li>\n<li><em>Viva Pinata<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Wasteland<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Zoo Tycoon<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr class=\"sc-gcp5ez-1 cvXwRv\"\/>\n<p class=\"sc-77igqf-0 fnnahv\">And contemplate this enjoyable problem whilst you take all of it in: <span>Strive not to consider how unhappy it&#8217;s<\/span> that <span>so few firms<\/span> now <span>personal a lot of our popular culture<\/span>. Let me let you know, I failed! However a minimum of <em>Name of Responsibility<\/em> will probably be free on Recreation Move sooner or later, proper?<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-77igqf-0 fnnahv\"> .<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/kotaku.com\/xbox-activision-blizzard-bethesda-deal-every-franchise-1850925890\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Picture: Xbox \/ Activision \/ King \/ Bethesda \/ Kotaku On October 13, Microsoft accomplished its practically two-year-long course of of consuming Activision Blizzard King. And whereas it can take months and years for Xbox and all of the events concerned to kind every little thing out and begin bringing previous Activision Blizzard video [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":52162,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[753,4190,428,6427,57],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gamergog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52160"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gamergog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gamergog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gamergog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gamergog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52160"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gamergog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52160\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":52161,"href":"https:\/\/gamergog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52160\/revisions\/52161"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gamergog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/52162"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gamergog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52160"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gamergog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52160"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gamergog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52160"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}