Buying Activision Blizzard is a signal to that market that Microsoft takes gaming seriously. It’s likely that under Microsoft’s stewardship, major games from the publisher will continue to launch on PC alongside consoles like Xbox, ensuring that the platform stays vibrant. It’s a pric...
Microsoft already owns the popular Xbox console platform and profitable gaming franchises like Halo, Forza, Age of Empires and Minecraft. The Activision Blizzard deal will likely be even more impactful, since this is actually the second major game studio Microsoft has purchased in less than a year...
Microsoft should really add an asterisk that says “unless you’re on PlayStation,” because that’s what this purchase could really mean. Between Activision Blizzard, Bethesda, and its own studios, Xbox has all the biggest western IPs exclusive to its platforms now, with the main exception be...
British competition regulators gave preliminary approval Friday to Microsoft's restructured $69 billion deal to buy video game maker Activision Blizzard, easing a final global hurdle that paves the way for one of the largest ...
In late January, Microsoft announcedplans to lay off about 1,900 employeesin its video game division, or 9% of the unit's head count. The layoffs reduced areas of overlap after the company's acquisition of Activision Blizzard. Microsoft Stock Fundamental Analysis ...
it's possible that Microsoft could create some sort of mobile tier for Xbox Game Pass if the Activision Blizzard King deal goes through, however this splintered tier could simply deliver packs and content drops in popular F2P games as well as in titles like Call of Duty Mob...
Microsoft purchased Activision Blizzard in the largest acquisition in tech history. But Microsoft’s latest move has far less to do with Sony and Nintendo and more to do with Roblox and the metaverse future.
Microsoft Corp. is ready to fight for its $69 billion acquisition of gaming company Activision Blizzard Inc. if the US Federal Trade Commission files a lawsuit seeking to block the deal, according to a person familiar with the matter.
Microsoft surprised the entire world in 2022 when it announced it would be acquiring Activision Blizzard for about $68.7 billion. This would give theXboxdivision a huge amount of strong IPs like World of Warcraft, Crash, and the top-selling Call of Duty series. Of course, this raised conc...
Once you factor in the recent Activision Blizzard acquistion, the concept of “Microsoft being a publisher first and a company that wants to sell Xboxes second” begins to make more sense. Let’s not forget, Xbox as a brand has access to a ludicrous number of IPs going forw...