Microsoftnow owns Activision Blizzard. After Microsoft worked to appease regulators and fend off litigation, the $69 billion acquisition first announced in January 2022 is finally complete. Now that Activision Blizzard is officially part of Microsoft and a sister company to Xbox Game Studios and Zeni...
Studios: Blizzard, Treyarch, Infinity Ward, High Moon Studios, Toys for Bob, Raven Software, Sledgehammer Games, Beenox, Radical Entertainment, and Vicarious Visions (now merged with Blizzard) Best-known games and franchises: Call of Duty, World of Warcraft, Diablo, Hearthstone, Overwatch, Star...
Now that Microsoft owns Activision Blizzard, the Xbox company gains a big group of franchises, including a number of dormant ones–like Guitar Hero and Tony Hawk–that some might want to see revived. Whether or not that happens remains to be seen, but Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer has ...
Microsoft’s Xbox game console is driving subscription service Game Pass. The goal is to transform Game Pass into the gaming industry’s equivalent of Netflix and now includes the Activision Blizzard stable. Activision Blizzard has approximately 10,000 employees. CEO Bobby Kotick will continue in h...
The deal’s close was made public Friday in a federal filing and led by Activision CEO Bobby Kotick and Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella. The sale means Microsoft, maker of the Xbox gaming platform, now owns Activision titles including the “Diablo” and “Tony Hawk” franchises. ...
The news became official on theXbox Wireblog on Friday morning, confirming that the biggest corporate acquisition in gaming history is final. For the low, low price of $69 billion, Xbox now ownsCall of Duty,World of Warcraft,Guitar Hero, and dozens of othervaluable properties. Surely that me...
Once the Activison Blizzard deal goes through—expected to happen sometime in 2023—it will mean Microsoft not only owns iconic titles such as Call of Duty, Overwatch, World of Warcraft, Diablo and Candy Crush, but it will become the world’s third-largest gaming company by revenue, ...
Activision Blizzard and the metaverse Microsoft first ventured into videogaming in 2001 with the release of the Xbox console, now in its fourth generation and enjoying a 14% jump in sales in the third quarter. Today, the Microsoft Gaming division, helmed by CEO Phil Spencer, comprises 23 game...
Microsoft owns Minecraft, Halo developer 343 Industries, Obsidian Entertainment, Forza developer Playground Games, and Bethesda owner ZeniMax. Activision Blizzard would, however, be Microsoft’s largest purchase. Where has the merger been approved? The Microsoft-Activision Blizzard merger has now been ...
Microsoft has announced its intention to purchase Activision Blizzard. Here's what that could mean for gamers.