Blizzard Introduces New President

Blizzard announces February 5th is the first day for Johanna Faries as President of Blizzard Entertainment following the departure of Mike Ybarra along with hundreds of other former employees. Faries joined Activision as part of the Call of Duty team, most recently as General Manager of the franchise. The post gives us a look behind the curtain at her message to her colleagues, which touches on the individuality of Activision, Blizzard, and King, at least for now:
Activision, Blizzard, and King are decidedly different companies with distinct games, cultures, and communities. It is important to note that Call of Duty’s way of waking up in the morning to deliver for players can often differ from the stunning games in Blizzard’s realm: each with different gameplay experiences, communities that surround them, and requisite models of success. I’ve discussed this with the Blizzard leadership team and I’m walking into this role with sensitivity to those dynamics, and deep respect for Blizzard, as we begin to explore taking our universes to even higher heights.

I am committed to doing everything I can to help Blizzard thrive, with care and consideration for you and for our games, each unique and special in their own right. I’m optimistic about our ability to serve our current and future player communities, and to further amplify the shared passion for greatness, polish, and creative mastery that is a hallmark of Blizzard’s approach to game-making.
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I mean, what is MS's track record when acquiring game companies?
Let's see...Fable, surely they've had a hit Fable game since...oh, nope. They actually closed the studio who made those games and shit out a Fable game for their terrible "motion" control: Kinect.
Rare...yeah, ugh.
Halo...Microsoft managed to take Halo and make it worse. Not that Bungie is doing anything good at the moment either.
Oh, Gears of War, surely we got a new game coming for this hit franchi...oh, nothing?
Inxile, Double Fine? Nothing?

So, out of the dozens of studios MS purchased, most have shut down, and Obsidian and Ninja Theory seem to be the only ones putting out content that people seem to like. Mojang is just sitting on their Minecraft income.

Zenimax seems to be at least maintaining some of their own IPs. ESO is still chugging along. I wouldn't say anything has really changed for better or worse here. The studios they owned are still either doing good games or shitting out sequels.

Actiblizz - Can we even say this is bad? I mean, they have been in "shit out sequels" mode for a decade or more. COD every year for a long time. WoW has not really done anything great in a decade. They desperately need to make a sequel with improved gameplay mechanics and graphics, but they won't, because it's easier to just shit out expansions. DIII was pretty good, but I can't even make myself play DIV. And Toys for Bob is pretty much done for. I don't think MS is even capable of making this company worse than it was.

So who cares? Blizzard is not the company making the games we all loved from decades past. They're in maintenance mode, chugging along, shitting out sequels that barely increment on the franchise, with no innovation. Nobody can screw it up worse than they already did. Hell, I hear MS is even bringing back development to Heroes of the Storm, so they can have another revenue stream again. Whoo. Hoo. Dead
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