After 21 months of struggle, Phil Spencer today welcomed Activision Blizzard studios to his family. Xbox has thus become the owner of many valued IPs, but at the same time the corporation can benefit from the enormous possibilities of new specialists.
The largest transaction in our industry cost USD 68.7 billion. It was for such a huge amount that Microsoft not only took over the rights to such IPs as Call of Duty and Diablo, but above all became the owner of many companies that had been working for the success of Activision Blizzard for years.
Klobrille, who has been cooperating with Microsoft for years, developed a graphic presenting Xbox’s first-party studios with a detailed presentation of all projects. The presented chart shows what the entire structure of the gaming department of an American corporation looks like.
Xbox Game Studios, Bethesda, Activision, Blizzard and King are part of Xbox, but it is worth noting that each division has its own publishing department, but all formations work under one vision.
Xbox will now manage over 21,000 employees, and thanks to the latest transaction, the company has gained, among others, 9 Blizzard teams, 14 Activision studios and over 11 King formations – including the MLG league.
Microsoft now has the structures in place to systematically offer gamers exclusive games. We may suspect that we currently don’t know about many of the titles being created, but one thing is basically certain – all productions will be included in Xbox Game Pass.
Idle Sloth showed good development of Xbox teams – Microsoft has come a long way since 2017.
How it started… (2017) How it's going… (2023) pic.twitter.com/xRRoQgTU1h
— Idle Sloth💙💛 (@IdleSloth84_) October 13, 2023
A new chapter. This is Xbox. pic.twitter.com/oUSDUPcIQy
— Klobrille (@klobrille) October 13, 2023
Exclusive | The new Xbox First-Party Organisation pic.twitter.com/xEn692xLKq
— Klobrille (@klobrille) October 13, 2023
Welcome to the Xbox Family, Activision | Blizzard | King!https://t.co/0V3xSgDwtW pic.twitter.com/kPII598CXx
— Klobrille (@klobrille) October 13, 2023
Source: Klobrille