Poll of the Day > Random thought with the Microsoft/Activision merger which could be awesome

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So, Raven Software is a game company that used to have a very close relationship with Id software. They used their engine to make a few games for famous Id IPs (Quake 4, Wolfenstein 2009) as well as a few original IPs (Heretic, Hexen, Solder of Fortune, etc.). They also worked on Jedi Knight II and Jedi Knight: Jedi Outcast, but that probably won't matter for this purpose. Oh, and also a little known series called "X-Men Legends"...

They were acquired by Activision in 97, and have been working exclusively on Call of Duty games since 2010. Meanwhile, their older games are either in licensing hell or lazily thrown onto the PC digital marketplaces. However Id software, which is part of Bethesda, is also owned by Microsoft. Id has at this point remastered all of their old games so you can play them on modern systems.

When the merger goes through, does that mean we could see the Night Dive remaster treatment for some of the old Raven games? That would be awesome!

Dikitain posted...

When the merger goes through, does that mean we could see the Night Dive remaster treatment for some of the old Raven games?

Probably not, no.

i really wouldn't hold out any hope for anything involving ABK.

anyone hyped for diablo 5 yet? derrrr

I wouldn't hold your breath. By and large, those are IPs that haven't been cultivated because ABK didn't expect them to make as much profit as they could make by directing their development efforts elsewhere. That calculus isn't going to change with the MS acquisition. What might change is that MS now has an incentive to develop games that might not be as profitable but can help drive system sales by being exclusive (this is why first-party exclusives are generally a good thing, since they promote making games that are good instead of just maximally profitable), but even then it's a bit of a long shot to expect them to revive obscure old IPs for that when they have much bigger names to focus on.

It's not impossible, and it's more likely than it was with ABK as an independent publisher, but it still doesn't seem overly likely.

I would love an updated Singularity.

Dikitain posted...

Id has at this point remastered all of their old games so you can play them on modern systems.

uh

no they haven't