With it, Microsoft gained ownership of several franchises under Activision, Blizzard Entertainment, and King, including Call of Duty, Crash Bandicoot, Spyro, Warcraft, StarCraft, Diablo, Overwatch, and Candy Crush. As of 2023, the acquisition is the …

Feb 10, 2022 · Microsoft-Activision Blizzard: Get the facts Our vision for gaming: More choice and more games for people everywhere MICROSOFT’S COMMITMENTS • Our commitment to grant long term 100% equal access to Call of Duty to Sony and Nintendo preserves the deal’s benefits to gamers and developers and increases competition in the market.

“Microsoft’s deal to buy Activision would not only help Xbox Game Pass, Microsoft’s video game subscription service, but also let Activision’s developers step off the treadmill. Microsoft’s purchase might permit developers to “take a well needed break” so they can improve games over time, rather than update them so frequently.”

Mar 17, 2023 · Microsoft has submitted its proposed remedies to the European Union as part of its ongoing efforts to gain approval for the planned acquisition of Activision Blizzard. Reuters, via Yahoo Finance,...

Oct 13, 2023 · After nearly 2 years of regulatory back and forth between Microsoft, Activision, Sony, several other gaming companies and government agencies, Microsoft announced today that they have officially acquired Activision-Blizzard-King. With ABK now under Microsoft, the company is the proprietor of a bounty of valuable IP, including Call of Duty and ...

Forza Motorsport. It is also great to see the fantastic work the ABK teams are delivering for their players with the successful launch of Diablo IV and the ongoing performance of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II, and we congratulate them on their accomplishments.

Oct 13, 2023 · Every ABK game sold, every MTX, Season Pass or other form of additional content for ABK games (Diablo, CoD, OW2, Candy Crush etc) will now go to MS. If you buy MW2 or some Cosmetic Bundle in Warzone, that money goes to Activision as 'Publisher' but that's owned by Microsoft now.

Microsoft’s acquisition of ABK is a significant transaction 16. Microsoft announced in January 2022 that it has agreed to acquire ABK for a purchase price of USD 68.7 billion. The Merger is...

Jan 19, 2022 · You might have heard the news: Microsoft has announced plans to acquire gaming behemoth Activision Blizzard King (ABK) and its subsidiary development studios.

Jan 31, 2024 · Microsoft’s new ABK deal would set the company on a very specific path – can it also focus on the first-party pipeline Starfield is meant to exemplify? Latest episode available to download now....