Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer Shows Interest In Reviving RTS Games By Blizzard Entertainment, Includes StarCraft And WarCraft

The recent news of Microsoft trying to buy one of the industry’s leading game-developing companies Activision has gained quite some traction. This deal was supposedly one of the biggest moves by the console giant to capture most of the market. Although the acquisition is still in cold, something recently came up regarding Xbox CEO Phil Spencer and Activision’s subsidiary Blizzard Entertainments.

According to an interview with WIRED Microsoft’s gaming head seemed interested in buying Real-Time Strategy games by Blizzard Entertainment. Now the question arises whether this is a deal regarding Activision or a separate deal to promote something new.

Microsoft Gaming taking command of StarCraft and WarCraft?

In a recent interview with WIRED, Phil Spencer was asked whether he would like to revive the sci-fi strategy series by Blizzard Entertainments. Surprisingly, he said that not just the sci-fi series but would like to revive other RTS games as well.

Regarding the acquisition of Activision and the answer to whether he wants to revive the RTS games from Blizzard Entertainment, Spencer said, “The first thing I would say is, I’m not allowed to make any decisions about what happens at Blizzard or Activision or King.”  Spencer further added, “So this is all just kind of talking and thinking about what the opportunity is, but you’re absolutely right.”

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Furthermore, he said, “Not only StarCraft, but WarCraft, when you think about the heritage of RTS games that we’re talking about here, specifically from Blizzard. And I don’t have any concrete plans today because I can’t really get in and work with the teams.”

What will this acquisition bring to the industry?

Phil Spencer himself while talking to the Wall Street Journal said that he thinks that Microsoft Gaming is not done with their investments and might keep on looking for any future opportunities. He said, “We’re going to continue to invest. I think it’s something where we see the opportunity. We love the community around our games and our properties and our Studios, and the more we can build towards that future of more people playing.”

This thus shows that even if they take over Activision, Microsoft Gaming might still be looking to talk over some major portions of the gaming industry. But what the future brings is still not clear. Let us know what you think about the takeover in the comments below.

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