Microsoft and Activision are reportedly forming a new team under the Blizzard umbrella to work on smaller games based on its popular series.
Before absorbing the publisher in an arduous acquisition, Microsoft Gaming President Phil Spencer said he wanted to chat with Activision Blizzard about "what could happen" with the company's "back catalog" post-buyout. As soon as the deal was finally done and dusted, Spencer didn't spare a second to publicly joke about a dormant magical FPS' return: "When's Hexen coming back?"
Windows Central now reports that Microsoft is making good on its promises, and has approved the creation of a brand new team that mainly consists of many former King (Candy Crush) staff. Windows Central sources claim that the "smaller" studio is tasked with creating AA games in pre-existing Blizzard series - which might be anything from Overwatch and Warcraft spin-offs, to some form of Starcraft revival - because Microsoft is apparently "increasingly concerned about the monstrously ballooning [AAA] costs."
