Blizzard, owned by Microsoft, forms a team to create smaller AA games based on existing IPs.

Microsoft-owned Blizzard has formed a team to create smaller AA games based on existing IPs, such as Overwatch, Warcraft, and StarCraft. This move follows Microsoft's $68.7 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard in October 2023. The new team, consisting of King employees, will focus on developing games with lower budgets than AAA titles, as part of Microsoft's strategy to reduce rising AAA game development costs.

August 02, 2024
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