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Kaan Serin

Months after Xbot shut down lean teams, Microsoft reportedly forms a "smaller" studio to create AA games based on Blizzard IP

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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?"

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