This is GREAT news. This means they can focus on making great original games and not be dragged into working on call of duty. Please just give me a new Spyro.

  • echo64@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    This is fairly confusing. Toys for Bob were owned wholey by Activision, ergo they were then owned by Microsoft. Now they are … free? And exploring a relationship with Microsoft?

    It’s hard to understand how this happened unless Microsoft wanted to close the studio and offered them independence instead. But then why work on a new thing?

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      8 months ago

      It’s hard to understand how this happened unless Microsoft wanted to close the studio and offered them independence instead.

      Could be. Microsoft closing a studio wholesale after acquiring Activision would invite anti-trust action from various governments.

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      8 months ago

      I’m fairly sure Microsoft just saw that the studio had potential and didn’t want them to be tied to ActiBlizz.

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          8 months ago

          They let Bungie go as well. Maybe it was just a downsizing decision. Their roles were redundant or they didn’t want to invest in whatever they were proposing. Idk.