@ExpandDong15 It’s insane that Xbox Game Studios is now just 3 studios (Coalition, Playground and Inxile), which are all now expected to be moved to Activision or Bethesda after they release their next game.
Also Rare becoming part of Activision raises a lot of questions for NSO and Smash 6
In 2002, Rare went to Nintendo and asked it if it wanted to buy the remaining 51% of the studio (Nintendo owned 49%). Nintendo said no, triggering a bidding war for the developer. One of the bidding companies was Xbox.
The other?
Activision
@Chris_Dring Guessing Rare is being moved because they don’t want Xbox/Microsoft to appear in Nintendo stuff anymore, or toys for bob is making a Banjo game that’s coming to Helix and Switch 2 (very unlikely)
BREAKING: Activision is taking over Halo as part of a massive Xbox shake-up and more layoffs. Sea of Thieves developers Rare are moving to Activision, alongside World’s Edge, the studio behind the Age of Empires franchise. Full details 👇 https://t.co/YNXk2MyNwH
@DatChaosGuy Wouldn’t be surprised if they planned for more P5 and Edgerunners skins but pivoted to making fnaf when they got approval for it (sounds like fnaf was added at the very last minute)