An earthquake shook the video game planet today: Microsoft bought Activision for $68.7 billion. Not only will the American giant take over a multitude of studios, it will also get its hands on some of the most powerful licenses in the industry. Overview of Activision intellectual property that will be owned by Microsoft and Xbox upon completion of the acquisition.
List of licenses in alphabetical order:
- Blur
- Caesar
- call of Duty
- Candy Crush
- Crash Bandicoot
- Diablo
- DJ hero
- Empire Earth
- Gabriel Knight
- geometry wars
- guitar hero
- pistol
- Hearthstone
- Heroes of the Storm
- witches
- Highway ’76
- king quest
- Laura Bow Mysteries
- The Lost Vikings
- over watch
- phantasmagoria
- Cases
- police search
- prototype
- search for glory
- singularity
- skylanders
- soldier of fortune
- space search
- Spyro the dragon
- star ship
- Tenchu (Legacy Games)
- time shift
- Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater
- real crime
- World of Warcraft
- Zork
In particular, we find the great classics of Blizzard Entertainment World of Warcraft, star ship and over watch. Three very different games, from MMORPG to strategy to competitive FPS, all with their clearly defined audience. Also, Xbox grabs two of the most iconic characters in the industry, namely Crash Bandicoot and Spyro. What does the platform offer its share of 3D platform games.
But the biggest license on this list, at least financially, is hands down call of Duty. For years, the titles of the franchise have monopolized the top of the ranking of best-selling productions alongside FIFA. With war zone,
