Activision Blizzard has on its roadmap the announcement and publication of new remastered video games in 2021. During the presentation of its financial results for the last quarter of 2020, the company announced its short and medium-term objectives; from a new Call of Duty premium in 2021 to a powerful year 2022 led by Blizzard licensing. This course will be supported by the nostalgia.
No details have been disclosed about which studio or studios are in charge of these new projects, if there are more than one; only that they will be announced soon and will reach stores before the end of 2021. “We have a few other things up our sleeve when it comes to remastered content., which we will announce in due course ”, they indicate in the document, presented to investors this Thursday.
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2020, a landmark year for Activision Blizzard
The strategy activated by Activision Blizzard in late 2019 It has worked. It is compatible for them to publish games premium of your licenses accompanied by experiences free-to-play more remasters.
Following the release of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare and, in early 2020, Warzone, added to regular remasters such as Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered and Modern Warfare 2 Campaing Remastered, Crash Team Racing: Nitro-Fueled and Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1 + 2 have triggered that the firm led by Bobby Kotick gives green light for new proposals like this. In 2018 we also had Spyro: Reignited Trilogy (Toys for Bob), all of them sharing a remarkable success in sales. To our knowledge, the remastered Crash Bandicoot trilogy totals more than 10 million units sold worldwide.
Vicarious Visions is a name to consider in this equation. Following their work with the Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy, Spyro Reignited Trilogy (where they served as Toys for Bob assistants) and Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1 + 2, the studio has merged with Blizzard to dedicate itself “entirely to existing games and initiatives from Blizzard ”. It is rumored, without official confirmation, that they are working on a remaster of Diablo II.
Source | Activision – Investors; Activision – Fourth Quarter 2020 Results
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