Six Activision Games I’d Like to See Revived Under Microsoft

As the world reels from the shockwaves of the seismic news that Microsoft is acquiring the proverbial swamp of the video-game landscape, Activision Blizzard King, it only seems natural that our minds should now shift towards what the fallout will be for presumably years if not decades to come.

[MadLad]

Another Prototype would be awesome.

As for Singularity, I don't necessarily need a sequel, I just want to see Raven be able to flex their creative muscle again; not just be relegated to assisting with CoD. A lot of the old guard is still with the company.

That's part of what I'm hoping to see come from this acquisition. Revive teams like Vicarious Visions and Ravem to actually allow them to work on their own new projects again.

[Crows90]

As great as that would be the deal wont finalize until end of fiscal year 2023. Until after that date MS wont really have a say as to where resources will be spent. So we wont realistically see anything until perhaps 2026 or later.

[LWOGaming]

I think that’s a point that so many people are missing. Things will not change this year or next year at all. Maybe some changes might be apparent in 2024 but 2025/2026 is a good estimate of when things will really start happening. And I don’t think we will see as big a set of changes as some are suggesting.

[TallDarknWavy]

Those teams having not worked on anything, the employees find jobs at other companies, they don't just remain unemployed till someone at the publisher decides to revive the team, they need to eat lol

That said, this list of games makes me unexcited for anything outside of CoD that Activision has to offer. All games are in stale genres, like Guitar Hero, Simpsons Hit and Run, these are long surpassed genres that are going to be difficult to revive.

[gamer7804]

I want to see new IPs. Not a bunch of forced renovations of old franchises.

[Gamer75]

Why not a combination of both

[gamer7804]

@gamer75 if it is a combination it has to have my seal of approval. Such as a new Warcraft game or a new Warcraft mmo, or an action game based off the night elves orcs and humans if it’s a new IP. I’ll let you know after I talk with Microsoft

[King_Noctis]

Man I’ve been waiting for Protoype since the last one. Protoype could seriously be MS’ answer to Infamous (freaking loved that game as well, hope Sony make a new one soon).

[porkChop]

I'd love to see Raven take another crack at Heretic and Hexen.

[MadLad]

That's one I see being tossed around a lot to bring back, even if not from Raven themselves.

Put so many hours into those games over the years.

[Knightofelemia]

I'd like to see Activision get the Transformers license again and continue the War and Fall of Cybertron games. the movie games were crap and the game that combined both movie and Fall and War of Cybertron sucked a new Prototype would also be good as well.

[jaymacx]

You deserve a 1000 likes haha 😂. It’s a shame High Moon didn’t get to continue making Transformers. If they got a decent budget i think most of us TF fans would be excited.

[wolf581]

Ms bought Activision and everybody dancing for what? For cod? Ms want to atleast earn some money Back from those 70 billion dollars.... The only thing they count on is more gamepass subscribers via Activision cod, diablo and over watch 2 1st Day free at gamepass. If they decide to make them exclusive to xbox they Will lose profit from ps4 and 5 sales. As For a New ip or an existing ip like over watch 3,diablo 5 or anything else like a New transformers Dont you think that developers need at least 3 years to Do something decent?
Anyway my opinion is that ms want to make videogaming Just a subscription a la netflix and that ps5 will beat xboxsx in sales like ps4 beat xbox and xbox one x..... All the money ms spending It Will defentily make more gamepass subscribers as for games we all must wait at least 3 more years... And thats why ps5 will get ahead in sales they have more AAA in the pipeline already plus lets see their answer for gamepass... P. S i Dont support subscriptions from neither company and i didnt buy switch plus for n64. If they give me the option to buy n64 games then yes i Will buy them but i am not paying for a rental.

[rlow1]

Re-imagining of River Raid and the original adventurer Pitfall. Oh Zork is also a great game.

[ThatsGaming]

Absolutely!

[Orchard]

Guitar Hero please. And make more Crash and Spyro games.

[Skate-AK]

You play GH Live at all? If so, what do you think about the 6 button layout vs the og 5?

[Orchard]

I did. I was okay with the button changes - but was not a fan of the “live” part and the fact that some songs were behind free plays per day or paying for tokens.

If they make a new one hopefully it doesn’t have that - they could release band or theme dlcs like before and I’d be fine with that - just don’t want to be limited to how many times I can play a song etc.

What were your opinions on Live?

[autobotdan]

Transformers Devastation 2 please

[JBryant0619]

would love to see Vigilante 8 make a comeback especially since Sony is bringing Twisted Metal back.

[CantThinkOfAUsername]

YES. A million YES. I loved that game.

[sourOG]

Prototype, tenchu, true crime, police quest, Caesar, singularity are my picks.

[Wikkid666]

Would love another Geometry Wars

[badboyz09]

{My Top 5 No Order}
Gun
True Crime
singularity
X-Men Legends
Blur

[badz149]

I don't think they own the license for X-Men anymore. I might be wrong though...

[badboyz09]

If they don't replace with TimeShift.

[gamer7804]

Xbox def needs a superhero game

[Yui_Suzumiya]

Get Raven off the COD duty they've been enslaved to for a decade so they can make Singularity 2 and revive Hexen / Heretic.

[BlackIceJoe]

The game company Bizarre Studios created Blur under Activision and before when they worked with Microsoft Project Gotham Racing, so I want to see both racing games make a return.

[TheColbertinator]

Prototype could use another return. Using that new Series X hardware to deliver a true vision for a superhero destruction game.

[Father__Merrin]

Prototype would make a good next gen game. A new Simpsons game would prove popular. Singularity was ok but was a poor man's BioShock

Other than that I can see guitar hero being made always very popular at xmas

[sourOG]

I’d love a poor man’s bioshock at this point lol

[Kosic]

Even though I don't like the Simpsons, I think another Hit and Run game would actually be a good seller.

[Parasyte]

Gives us a new Spyro!

[RetroCaptainSteve]

Guitar Hero and bring back the Marvel games re-mastered. Worked for Ultimate Alliance.

[dreamoner]

If this was 10 years ago I'd have loved to see a sequel to Arcanum(Activision IP) from Obsidian, now I don't even want a sequel to New Vegas(Bethesda IP) from them talentless bunch.

[brewin]

Id love a new title in all of these: True Crime, Transformers Cybertron games, Simpsons Hit and Run, Prototype, Incredible Hulk, Vigilante 8, Crash, Spyro.... man Activision put out some great stuff over the years! Alot of these are licensed games, but MS can certainly afford to pay for the licenses for new titles or rereleased versions at the very least.

I also wouldnt mind a huge open world Skylanders game without the toy gimmick. Just give us all the characters in one big game.

[chicken_in_the_corn]

Sequels to Hit and Run and Scarface are long overdue