After a long legal battle, Microsoft has bought Activision, Blizzard and King and now has all the resources that follow the takeover. This concerns around ten new studios and thousands of new employees. Here is the list.
List of Activision Blizzard King studios owned by Xbox
With the acquisition of Activision Blizzard King, Microsoft has acquired around thirty offices around the world! Some studios have multiple branches (Sledgehammer is in three countries) and others are just support offices, but we’ve made an effort to list studios that have a direct impact on game development.
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Treyarch
- Founded in 1996
- Games developed: Call of Duty 3, Call of Duty: Black Ops, …
- Game in development: Call of Duty Modern Warfare III and Call of Duty 2024 (rumor)
Raven Software
- Founded in 1990
- Games developed: Soldier of Fortune, Quake 4, Call of Duty: Ghosts, Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War, …
- Game in development: Call of Duty Modern Warfare III
High Moon Studios
- Founded in 2001
- Games developed: Transformers, Deadpool, Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare (support), …
- Game in development: Call of Duty Modern Warfare III
Beenox
- Founded in 1997
- Games developed: Skylanders, Crash Team Racing: Nitro-Fueled, …
- Game in development: Call of Duty mobile, Warzone
Sledgehammer Games
- Founded in 2009
- Games developed: Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare, Call of Duty: WWII, Call of Duty: Vanguard, …
- Game in development: Call of Duty Modern Warfare III
Infinity Ward
- Founded in 2002
- Games developed: Call of Duty, Call of Duty 2, Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II, …
- Game in development: Call of Duty
Demonware
- Founded in 2003
- Development: development support tools, mainly for multiplayer games such as Call of Duty
- Game in development: Call of Duty (technology support)
Toys for Bob
- Founded in 1989
- Games developed: Skylanders, Crash Bandicoot: N. Sane Trilogy, Spyro Reignited Trilogy, Crash Bandicoot 4: It’s About Time, …
- Game in development: Crash Team Rumble
Digital Legends
- Founded in 2001
- Games developed: Battlefield Bad Company 2 (iOS, Android), micoach Football, micoach Tennis, Afterpulse, …
- Game in development: Call of Duty Warzone mobile
Blizzard Entertainment
- Founded in 1991
- Games developed: Warcraft, Starcraft, Diablo, Overwatch, …
- Game in development: Diablo IV, Odyssey (new survival game)
King
- Founded in 2003
- Games developed: Candy Crush, Farm Heroes, Bubble Witch
- Game in development: unknown
Solid State
- Founded in 2021
- Games developed: Call of Duty Warzone mobile
- Game in development: Call of Duty Warzone mobile