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Activision-Blizzard Announces Film & Television Studio -

SBFordSBFord Former Associate EditorMember LegendaryPosts: 33,129
edited November 2015 in News & Features Discussion

imageActivision-Blizzard Announces Film & Television Studio -

Ahead of the commencement of Blizzcon 2015, Activision-Blizzard has announced the formation of a new film studio called (unsurprisingly) Activision Blizzard Studios. The first announced project is a film based on the Call of Duty series followed by an animated television series based on the Skylanders IP.

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  • orbitxoorbitxo Member RarePosts: 1,956
    i dunno with their problematic WoW film experience= is this a good idea?.... hope it works out for them.
  • laseritlaserit Member LegendaryPosts: 7,591
    Hopefully they come out with a fast food franchise soon

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  • SovrathSovrath Member LegendaryPosts: 32,780
    orbitxo said:
    i dunno with their problematic WoW film experience= is this a good idea?.... hope it works out for them.
    Maybe they want to avoid any more problems and just do it themselves?
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  • IncomparableIncomparable Member UncommonPosts: 1,138
    they should work on wc4, and a new engine for wow with better graphics and animations.

    They have a lot of money, and buying that mobile game for 5 billion shows they have money to invest in many directions. Even though that ivnestment on paper makes 100s of millions per year. but if the turnover is 10 years then I would say its a risky investment since those games are easy to imitate and they are trying to make a profit, and in 10 years they cant really sell those games for anything, so their money will be from continued streams of revenue from active players.

    Strange that WoW, would bother to buy another game maker than make its own clone. After all, its billions of dollars. WoW cost a lot less and is probably much more complicated to make.

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  • goth1cgoth1c Member UncommonPosts: 79
    they got the "sheeps" following them so it does make sense

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  • MMOman101MMOman101 Member UncommonPosts: 1,787
    With the rise of digital content and availability of ondemand video streaming I think it makes sense.  They can easily make a ton of video game based content and distribute it themselves to their niche markets. 

    If they do this correctly it will probably open a new trend.  I can see many game companies liking the idea of creating entertaining content that furthers their stories and worlds. 

    If done right it is probably much cheaper than doing it in game.

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  • orbitxoorbitxo Member RarePosts: 1,956
    Sovrath said:
    orbitxo said:
    i dunno with their problematic WoW film experience= is this a good idea?.... hope it works out for them.
    Maybe they want to avoid any more problems and just do it themselves?
    more info- they will be selling their IPs to film studios= i guess like marvel and dc have done with their comics... maybe we will see a diablo tv series in sci-fi network or fx?
  • AlbatroesAlbatroes Member LegendaryPosts: 7,671
    edited November 2015
    I dont know about anyone else, but the Warcraft trailer (newer one anyway) makes the movie look a bit lackluster. They should've followed SE example with the FF movie (15 years ago? or something?) and did it all in CGI lol. The story was questionable but it looked good visually.
  • JeroKaneJeroKane Member EpicPosts: 7,096
    edited November 2015
    Incomparable said:
    they should work on wc4, and a new engine for wow with better graphics and animations.

    They have a lot of money, and buying that mobile game for 5 billion shows they have money to invest in many directions. Even though that ivnestment on paper makes 100s of millions per year. but if the turnover is 10 years then I would say its a risky investment since those games are easy to imitate and they are trying to make a profit, and in 10 years they cant really sell those games for anything, so their money will be from continued streams of revenue from active players.

    Strange that WoW, would bother to buy another game maker than make its own clone. After all, its billions of dollars. WoW cost a lot less and is probably much more complicated to make.
    Still can't get my head around why the heck they even bought King. Especially at that amount of cash! Their first game was a huge success, but their last games were just copies of the same formula and tanked pretty bad to be honest, not nearly doing as well as their first. Being horrible cash grab games at that. So, they either have so much cash, that this was just a scheme to avoid taxes or something. Can't find any other sane explanation for this.
  • MyrdynnMyrdynn Member RarePosts: 2,483
    premiering Thursdays this fall...

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  • Dreamo84Dreamo84 Member UncommonPosts: 3,713
    JeroKane said:
    Incomparable said:
    they should work on wc4, and a new engine for wow with better graphics and animations.

    They have a lot of money, and buying that mobile game for 5 billion shows they have money to invest in many directions. Even though that ivnestment on paper makes 100s of millions per year. but if the turnover is 10 years then I would say its a risky investment since those games are easy to imitate and they are trying to make a profit, and in 10 years they cant really sell those games for anything, so their money will be from continued streams of revenue from active players.

    Strange that WoW, would bother to buy another game maker than make its own clone. After all, its billions of dollars. WoW cost a lot less and is probably much more complicated to make.
    Still can't get my head around why the heck they even bought King. Especially at that amount of cash! Their first game was a huge success, but their last games were just copies of the same formula and tanked pretty bad to be honest, not nearly doing as well as their first. Being horrible cash grab games at that. So, they either have so much cash, that this was just a scheme to avoid taxes or something. Can't find any other sane explanation for this.
    I imagine, what you think of King's success, and what the truth is must differ greatly. You don't pay that much for a company that isn't worth it.

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  • Dreamo84Dreamo84 Member UncommonPosts: 3,713
    and I think it's important to point out, that building a successful mobile gaming company from scratch requires more Than just money. They're not only buying the assets and name of King but also their developers and development tools.

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  • toidimaettoidimaet Member UncommonPosts: 50
    laserit said:
    Hopefully they come out with a fast food franchise soon
    Undead priest slime burger would be awesome!!
  • SpottyGekkoSpottyGekko Member EpicPosts: 6,916
    Does this mean the cutscenes will now move to the "big screen" instead of being in the game ? ;D
  • NitthNitth Member UncommonPosts: 3,904
    Who is actually going to watch a call of duty movie?
    ..its a war themed movie...with call of duty stamped on it.

    I don't think that war movies have a huge mass market appeal?

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