Phil Spencer shows up at BlizzCon to address his new subjects
Microsoft Gaming head Phil Spencer popped onto the stage during today's BlizzCon 2023 Opening Ceremony to greet the fans of his latest conquest. After clearing considerable regulatory resistance, Microsoft closed its landmark acquisition of Activision Blizzard last month.
Spencer's appearance starts near the beginning of the show, at about an hour and a half into the broadcast above, which included a countdown. He didn't drop any big announcements, and has previously said that we shouldn't expect Activision Blizzard games to appear on Game Pass right away (they are coming, though). It was, rather, your standard new boss greeting, in which Spencer promised that he gets and supports the things that make Blizzard good.
«Blizzard occupies a special place in the gaming industry, for me as well,» said Spencer, before launching into a brief ode to Blizzard's catalogue of series.
It was nice to hear StarCraft and StarCraft 2 mentioned on BlizzCon's stage, even in a retrospective context, and Spencer has previously said that Microsoft is open to revisiting old and forgotten games with its new acquisitions. So, StarCraft: Ghost… back on? OK, probably not, but Microsoft's acquisition will surely be felt by Blizzard employees and fans, as it has been at Bethesda—Starfield's big delay was a Microsoft decision, as we understand it, and the Windows-maker recently appointed a new Xbox overseer for Bethesda parent ZeniMax.
«Our commitment at Xbox is to bring more great games to more players in more places, and now that Blizzard is part of Xbox, we will nurture the essence of what has made Blizzard unique,» Spencer said during his BlizzCon appearance.
«We're going to empower our new colleagues in a culture of trust, inclusion, and
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