Welcoming the Legendary Groups at Activision Blizzard King to Workforce Xbox

We love gaming. We play video games, create video games, and know first-hand how a lot gaming means to all of us as people and collectively, as a neighborhood. And right this moment, we formally welcome Activision Blizzard and their groups to Xbox. They’re the publishers of a number of the most performed and most beloved franchises in gaming historical past throughout console, PC and cell. From Pitfall to Name of Obligation, World of Warcraft to Overwatch, Sweet Crush Saga to Farm Heroes Saga, their studios have pushed the boundaries of gaming for gamers world wide.

I’ve lengthy admired the work of Activision, Blizzard, and King, and the affect they’ve had on gaming, leisure, and popular culture. Whether or not it was late nights spent enjoying the Diablo IV marketing campaign with associates from begin to end, gathering your complete household within the rec room for our weekly Guitar Hero night time, or occurring an epic streak in Sweet Crush, a few of my most memorable gaming moments got here from experiences their studios have created. It’s unbelievable to welcome such legendary groups to Xbox.

As one group, we’ll be taught, innovate, and proceed to ship on our promise to deliver the enjoyment and neighborhood of gaming to extra folks. We’ll do that in a tradition that strives to empower everybody to do their greatest work, the place all persons are welcome, and is centered on our ongoing dedication of Gaming for Everybody. We’re intentional about inclusion in the whole lot we do at Xbox – from our group to the merchandise we make and the tales we inform, to the best way our gamers work together and interact as a wider gaming neighborhood.

Collectively, we’ll create new worlds and tales, deliver your favourite video games to extra locations so extra gamers can take part, and we’ll have interaction with and delight gamers in new, progressive methods within the locations they like to play together with cell, cloud streaming and extra.

Gamers have all the time been on the heart of the whole lot we do. And as we develop, we’ll proceed to maintain gamers on the coronary heart of all of it. We’ll proceed to hearken to your suggestions, construct a neighborhood the place you may be your self, the place builders can do their greatest work, and proceed to make actually enjoyable video games. As promised, we can even proceed to make extra video games accessible in additional locations – and that begins now by enabling cloud streaming suppliers and gamers to stream Activision Blizzard video games within the European Financial Space, a dedication made to the European Fee. Immediately we begin the work to deliver beloved Activision, Blizzard, and King franchises to Sport Go and different platforms. We’ll share extra about when you’ll be able to count on to play within the coming months. We all know you’re excited – and we’re too.

For the tens of millions of followers who love Activision, Blizzard, and King video games, we wish you to know that right this moment is an effective day to play. You’re the coronary heart and soul of those franchises, and we’re honored to have you ever as a part of our neighborhood. Whether or not you play on Xbox, PlayStation, Nintendo, PC or cell, you might be welcome right here – and can stay welcome, even when Xbox isn’t the place you play your favourite franchise. As a result of when everybody performs, all of us win. We consider our information right this moment will unlock a world of prospects for extra methods to play. Thanks for the continued assist. We’ve got a lot extra to come back within the months forward – I’m excited for the long run and can’t wait to share it with you.