{"id":1847,"date":"2019-11-23T04:36:17","date_gmt":"2019-11-23T04:36:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/activision-is-planning-more-mobile-games-from-blizzard"},"modified":"2024-07-19T13:52:50","modified_gmt":"2024-07-19T13:52:50","slug":"activision-is-planning-more-mobile-games-from-blizzard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/video-games\/activision-is-planning-more-mobile-games-from-blizzard","title":{"rendered":"Activision is planning more mobile games from Blizzard"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick told the audience&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2019\/11\/19\/activision-blizzard-ceo-company-should-reach-1-billion-users.html\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">at the recent CNBC Evolve event<\/a> that the future of gaming is mobile, which will lead to a lot of growth for the industry. The announcement comes weeks after Activision Blizzard announced the company made <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/articles\/activision-blizzard-made-700-million-from-microtra\/1100-6471293\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">&#36;700 million<\/a> from micro-transactions in the third quarter.<\/p>\n<p>Kotick also revealed to the audience that he fully intends to have one billion users in the next five years, a sharp increase from the company&rsquo;s current 350 million users spanning across 190 countries.<\/p>\n<p>Supporting his case was the fact that the company has the &ldquo;largest mobile gaming presence in the west&rdquo; and that one-third of their business is on already on mobile devices, while also stating that most of the companies greatest franchises aren&rsquo;t on mobile platforms yet.<\/p>\n<p>Kotick even mentioned being open to the possibility of &ldquo;reimagining&rdquo; what console or PC games would look like on mobile devices and said that Activision would consider releasing mobile games under three brackets in the future: &ldquo;extended existing gameplay,&rdquo; &ldquo;reimaginations,&rdquo; and &ldquo;true cross-platform titles.&rdquo; Kotick provided <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/call-of-duty\">Call of Duty<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/hearthstone\">Hearthstone<\/a> as examples of the first two brackets while leaving room for imagination with the third.<\/p>\n<p>Though the statements from the CEO may seem bold, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/call-of-duty-black-ops-4\/activision-announces-call-of-duty-mobile\">Call of Duty: Mobile<\/a> has brought in over 150 million downloads and &#36;53 million in revenue since its October release. 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