Xbox boss Phil Spencer hinted at Microsoft bringing back games and characters he played growing up, as a result of the Activision acquisition.
There are plenty of opinions to go around on Microsoft’s deal to acquire Activision Blizzard for $68.7 billion, but I’ll say this—if Microsoft goes on to reboot franchises like King’s Quest and other classics, I’ll be ecstatic. It may very well happen, too. Xbox boss Phil Spencer alluded to the possibility when gushing over the IP that Microsoft will own as a result of this acquisition. Resurrecting older games is not why Microsoft is making such a monumental purchase, of course. This is about becoming a gaming juggernaut and bolstering its Xbox and PC Game Pass services. In a filing with the SEC, Activision Blizzard said it will honor existing commitments and not pull existing games from PlayStation. But there’s no guarantee that future iterations of, say, Call of Duty and other iconic franchises will release outside of Xbox and PC.
