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New The Alliance Alive HD Remastered Trailer Shows Characters, Gameplay, and Story

Today Furyu released a brand new trailer of the JRPG The Alliance Alive HD Remastered for PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, and PC.

twinfinite.net

First of all, Chief Operating Officer Coddy Johnson explained that while the company is leaning into its strong existing IP, they have “New IP projects” across each of its business (which include Activision, Blizzard, and King). That being said they have a high bar for new ideas so not all of them make it through.

That high bar also means that it takes time for the games to be launched and that the publisher doesn’t talk about them too early. Jhonson also explained that given Activision’s track record, they feel pretty confident about their ability to execute on them over the future.

Activision Publishing President Rob Kostich talked about remasters and mentioned that this kind of initiative has brought great results over the last couple of years, with Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy selling over ten million copies. Another important element is that those remasters reaffirmed the enduring nature of the franchise.

About remasters specifically, he encouraged to stay tuned for some future announcements, and even mentioned the possibility of new content based on those IP beyond pure remasters.

“When you look at our IP library, we think there’s a lot of IP there that the fans are going to want to experience again, so on that I say “stay tuned for some future announcements” but beyond just pure remasters, there are also a lot of opportunities now to innovateand think about new content for these IP. So as we think about it, there’s a lot of growth opportunities within our businesses over time in Activision based on our library of IP.”

 

[sn0man]

Diablo 1 + 2 remastered with couch co-op please.

 

[JohnnyFootball]

Resurrect Singularity please

 

[The_Mike]

With warcraft 3 getting a remake release soon, the only real old ip I'm excited from blizzard is Diablo II

 

[Cert.in.Death]

Is it time for Starcraft: Ghost? XD

 

[Malakhov]

Diablo II remake would be awesome.

 

[Stimpak]

Diablo 1 + 2 remastered with couch co-op please.

You can already play Diablo 1 on PS1 with couch co-op.

 

[Catphish]

StarCraft Ghost or gtfo

 

[IbizaPocholo]

Blizzard Boss 'Happy' with the Early Progress on the Increased Pace of Content Production, Though It'll Take Some Time to Ramp It Up

Blizzard President J. Allen Brack said he's happy with the early progress the teams made on the increased pace of content production.

wccftech.com

 

[Colg4te]

Metal Arms 2 please <3

 

[Hudo]

Can't wait for Dark Reign 3.

 

[Ban Puncher]

I wouldn't trust Activision Blizzard to sit the right way on a toilet seat let alone revisit their back catalogue without cramming in micro-transactions and other miserable modern-day money mooching mechanics.

 

[sn0man]

You can already play Diablo 1 on PS1 with couch co-op.

which is all the more reason why they shouldn’t throw some money at it... use some machine learning on all the textures and leave it 4 way movement if necessary.

 

[Mista]

They’re no longer interested in StarCraft too

 

[IbizaPocholo]

Blizzard's President On Making Sure Nothing Changes

J. Allen Brack reflects on the success of WoW Classic, the backlash to Diablo: Immortal, and his vision for Blizzard.

www.gamespot.com

 

[Zaffo]

Gone are the days when i would have been excited for something new coming from Blizzard.

 

[PendekarRajawali]

Gone are the days when i would have been excited for something new coming from Blizzard.

This.

 

[CuteFaceJay]

Prolly a game about loot boxes or some shit!

 

[Lupin3]

Microtransactions: The Game

 

[ThatStupidLion]

blizz who?

 

[Ornlu]

They’re no longer interested in StarCraft too

Have they said anything about that? I would hope that's not the case.

 

[Quezacolt]

When will activision learn the difference between remaster and remake? Crash and spyro are remakes.

 

[Deleted member 738976]

But is it an Activision or Blizzard game? One I care more about than the other.

 

[Guardian's Light]

Starcraft 1 or 2 remastered on ps4
I prayed for years to play them on my console

 

[Mista]

Have they said anything about that? I would hope that's not the case.

Not really but they’ve been avoiding it

 

[Deleted member 738976]

Starcraft 1 or 2 remastered on ps4
I prayed for years to play them on my console

Switch and PS4 Starcraft actually would make some sense with the touch controls.

 

[ethomaz]

They lose Destiny so they needs something else to made up the big revenue hole.

 

[yuadesa]

With warcraft 3 getting a remake release soon, the only real old ip I'm excited from blizzard is Diablo II

Very telling that the only Bliz games that are looking good are remakes of 15+ year old games.

 

[The_Mike]

Very telling that the only Bliz games that are looking good are remakes of 15+ year old games.

Well, we really don't know what blizzard are planning besides there's a new wow expansion every second year.

But yeah. The people behind the good old Blizzard games aren't the ones that makes the new ones. The new ones lacks depth and good gameplay. Even classic wow is better than retail

 

[yuadesa]

The people behind the good old Blizzard games aren't the ones that makes the new ones. The new ones lacks depth and good gameplay. Even classic wow is better than retail

That's the point - people seem more interested in remakes rather than anything new they have planned. We know they are making a new Diablo, but how many people would rather have a remake / remaster of D2 instead? The OG blizzard is long gone, which is a pity.

 

[IbizaPocholo]