Activision Blizzard is no stranger to digging into its back catalog of games and IP to pull out a few wins. The publisher brought Crash Bandicoot and Spyro the Dragon out of hibernation and gave World of Warcraft new life with the launch of Classic. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare could even be considered a reimagining in a way. On today?s financial call, Activision Blizzard said it is getting ready to announce ?a number of remastered and reimagined titles? this year.
While the publisher didn?t elaborate further, one only has to look at the extensive history of Activision Blizzard games to begin the speculation. Activision has games that date all the way back to 1980, while Blizzard can reach back to the mid-?90s. Games like Diablo 2, Tony Hawk?s Pro Skater (2 and 3, if I had my way), Tenchu, GUN, Shrek Smash n? Crash Racing, Prototype, Shrek: Forever After, Shrek 2, and Blur sit dormant, waiting for some loving executive to call upon them once again. In all seriousness, Activision has a very deep history of published games, and that list doesn?t even account for IP that were purchased later like Crash Bandicoot or Spyro the Dragon, two of Activision?s most successful recent franchise revivals. Skylanders has been awfully quiet in recent years too. Perhaps Activision has been dreaming up a reimagining of the franchise that was once a Spyro offshoot.
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