The games in this checklist of industrial video game with published resource code were initially created as a business, exclusive software program item and also whose source code was later available. The available resource code enables the customer community to take on technical assistance (insect repairs, compatibility adjustments to new hardware as well as operating systems) itself, e.g. B. with unofficial spots as well as ports on brand-new operating systems. These source messages are published under a variety of software application licenses: cost-free, semi-free, exclusive, industrial and also non-commercial licenses. Art work (e.g. graphics and audio) and also the game information are usually not released, given that on the one hand the copyright circumstance is usually much more difficult than in the resource code or purposely left out to allow further business marketing over electronic circulation, such as: B. at ARX Fatalism. Amongst the very first business, which published the source code of business games on a greater level at the end of the assistance, Dent Software and 3D Realms; They were therefore leader for various other developer firms. At the end of the commercial product lifecycle (End of Life of these games), the resource code was offered to the public or the customer community instead of leaving them to abandoned items.
Surely this is the first thing we all wonder after the announcement seismic purchasing Activision Blizzard by Microsoft: what are licensed with Xbox has been done after this operation ?
NGC, always stalking, has already enumerated all: they are basically all productions Trey arch, Infinity Ward, Raven Software, Sledgehammer Games, Toys for Bob now appear with the logo of the Xbox brand.
A video game industry is rapidly changing, it is a fact, and massive acquisitions happen: Take-Two confirmed for example a few days ago the acquisition of the gaming giant Zynga Mobile by 12,700 million.
This Xbox and Activision Blizzard is a new turning point for the history of video games : where now assume that anything is possible. Without further ado, here you have all the licenses that Xbox will have control now. And games that we may see resuscitate or Game Pass soon.
List of Activision-Blizzard licenses now owned by Microsoft
- Blur
- Caesar
- Call of Duty
- Candy Crush
- Crash Bandicoot
- Devil
- DJ Hero
- Empire Earth
- Gabriel Knight
- Geometry Wars
- Guitar Hero
- Gun
- Hearthstone
- Heroes of the Storm
- Helen
- Interstate '76
- King's Quest
- Laura Bow Mysteries
- The Lost Vikings
- Overwatch
Phantasmagoria Pitfall Police Quest Prototype Quest for Glory Singularity Slanders Solider of Fortune Space Quest Spiro the Dragon Star Craft Tench (legacy games) TimeShift Tony Hawk's Pro Skater True Crime World of Warcraft Work
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