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Microsoft to acquire Activision Blizzard for $68.7 billion
« on: January 18, 2022, 12:45:35 PM »
https://www.theverge.com/2022/1/18/22889258/microsoft-activision-blizzard-xbox-acquisition-call-of-duty-overwatch

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Microsoft is acquiring Activision, the troubled publisher of Call of Duty, World of Warcraft, and Diablo. The deal will value Activision at $68.7 billion, far in excess of the $26 billion Microsoft paid to acquire LinkedIn in 2016. It’s Microsoft’s biggest push into gaming, and the company says it will be the “third-largest gaming company by revenue, behind Tencent and Sony” once the deal closes.

Microsoft plans to add many of Activision’s games to Xbox Game Pass once the deal closes. With the acquisition of Activision, Microsoft will soon publish franchises like Warcraft, Diablo, Overwatch, Call of Duty, and Candy Crush. “Upon close, we will offer as many Activision Blizzard games as we can within Xbox Game Pass and PC Game Pass, both new titles and games from Activision Blizzard’s incredible catalog,” says Microsoft’s CEO of gaming Phil Spencer.

Interesting that the monoliths continue to grow, moving into the gaming part of the entertainment industry.  That is a lot of big franchises in a variety of genres under the M$ umbrella.   
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Re: Microsoft to acquire Activision Blizzard for $68.7 billion
« Reply #1 on: February 02, 2022, 08:47:48 PM »
https://www.theverge.com/2022/1/18/22889258/microsoft-activision-blizzard-xbox-acquisition-call-of-duty-overwatch

Interesting that the monoliths continue to grow, moving into the gaming part of the entertainment industry.  That is a lot of big franchises in a variety of genres under the M$ umbrella.

I swore off Blizzard when they "disqualified" one of their gaming contestants over a "Pro-Taiwan" statement.

And, I really liked Starcraft and Diablo.
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