Smaller games are gaining popularity among gamers. The so-called AA projects are less demanding in terms of time and money, but they are interesting and often more exciting and innovative than AAA from large publishers and well-known studios. Just think about Balatro, Palworld, Vampire Survivors or Among Us.
Microsoft wants to capitalize on this trend and eliminate the desire to buy games from Activision and Blizzard’s massive catalog, Windows Central reports. As part of this initiative, Blizzard is going to create a small team dedicated to AA games that will be based on Blizzard’s existing brands, such as Overwatch, War Craft, Star Craft and more. After all, there are smaller projects like Grounded and Pentiment from Obsidian, Sea of Thieves from Rare, and Hi-Fi RUSH from the now-defunct Tango Gameworks. All were made for Microsoft.
Blizzard’s new team will be made up primarily of employees mobile studio Kingcreators of the hit Candy Crush Saga. Given this information, it is possible that these will mainly be mobile games for Android and iOS, but they will also work on computers and Xbox consoles. This also fits into Microsoft’s plan to launch its own mobile store. Satya Nadellathe Redmond giant’s CEO, recently reiterated to investors that it is focusing on three main platforms: consoles, mobile phones and computers.
As a fan real time strategy I would like Microsoft to allow new real-time strategy games for Warcraft and StarCraft. After all, during negotiations around the acquisition of Activision Blizzard, Xbox CEO Phil Spencer repeatedly named StarCraft as a series he would like to bring back if developers were interested.
Reading this, you may wonder why Microsoft actually shut down. Tango Gameworkswhen they formed the successful rhythm group Hi-Fi RUSH. It fit perfectly into the AA segment. According to Windows Central sources, this was due to Japan’s geographic location, which makes it difficult for individual studios to collaborate.
Source :Indian TV
