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[FunkMiller]

Oh fuck off.

 

[Ogbert]

Listen up nerds.

You’ll be buying an Xbox whether you want to or not.

 

[mansoor1980]

 

[nightmare-slain]

Kotick out had to be part of this deal. Though he probably got a nice chunk of that payday.

looks like he's staying for now but once it's all confirmed then Activision Blizzard will answer to Phil Spencer.

 

[SJRB]

 

[Blitzmangoman]

This isn't good for gamers I think.

 

[Banjo64]

WHAT THE FUCK MAN

 

[Flintty]

Can I expect my WoW sub to be picked up within Gamepass? I’m legit hyped about this news.

 

[chonga]

Spencer and other members of the senior management team at Xbox are "disturbed and deeply troubled by the horrific events and actions" at Activision Blizzard, the memo said

An email to staff obtained by Bloomberg from Spencer said Xbox is "evaluating all aspects of our relationship with Activision Blizzard and making ongoing proactive adjustments."

Speaking to The New York Times, Spencer said Xbox has "changed how we do certain things" with Activision

So concerned about all the shenanigans they go and buy the company...

 

[KormaChameleon]

Looks like it has happened...

Welcoming the Incredible Teams and Legendary Franchises of Activision Blizzard to Microsoft Gaming - Xbox Wire

Creators of Call of Duty, Warcraft, Candy Crush, Tony Hawk, Diablo, Overwatch, Spyro, Hearthstone, Guitar Hero, Crash Bandicoot, StarCraft and more join Team Xbox As a team, we are on a mission to extend the joy and community of gaming to everyone on the planet. We all know that gaming is the...

news.xbox.com

 

[dV8tR]

MEGATON !

 

[HeisenbergFX4]

 

[FranXico]

What was I saying just the other day about consolidation?

The gaming landscape is going to look very different in 5 years.

And definitely not better

 

[RadioactiveLobster]

This is unreal.

No, that's Epic.

 

[Mr.ODST]

No doubt Call of Duty will recouperate all the money back, Even with sales being down on Vanguard it still made an absolute shitton,

Exciting times and MS isnt messing around, people saying "dont care" are just salty fanboys YEET

 

[Kdad]

I'm not getting it... somehow in the dark every shareholder decided to sell at the same time? wtf? something's not explained right here

You only need 51% of share holders to say yes...Kotick and a few institutional holders that want Kotick out and a 40% premium all it would take. 88% of the shares are held by institutions...MS isn't having face to face meetings with individual share holders that have 50 shares....

 

[Excess]

$70 billion? Is Microsoft out of its fucking mind?!

Cash is cheap right now. Msft doesn't even need it on-hand. They just borrow it.

 

[RoyalLaFlame]

Now Sony will go "fuck it" mode and buy T2. GTA PS exclusive.

Holy fucking shit MS. You won.

 

[ErRor88]

 

[Twinblade]

Sony turns around and buys Take 2.

 

[Diddy X]

Fast buy GP before it raises prices!!

 

[DeltaPolarBear]

Worth it.

The recent drop in share price due to the scandals have allowed this to happen.

Blizzard, like Bethesda, had mnany IPs I once loved.

And frankly i see the buyout as a good thing, as they were both rotten to the core and needed to have their management surgically removed.

As long as they still release PC games, I have no complaints. It is 50/50 odds that Blizzard get better after merger, but it is better odds than being 100% dead to me as Blizzard currently stands.

 

[Lognor]

Microsoft's answer to the stalker 2 delay. Boom!

Great time to be an Xbox owner! This news will still a ton of series s consoles!!!woot

 

[metaru_geah_sorrido]

This sucks balls if true. Regulators should be doing their job, this is ridiculous.

They only regulate after it happens, I would be interested to see if this feels anti-trusty to them. They don't know sh=t about anything tech related.

 

[NoLootBoxDev]

What about

?

 

[nightmare-slain]

This isn't good for gamers I think.

not good for playstation gamers.

i don't know about anyone else but i'm going to find an xbox

 

[Calverz]

Quite

Lol this gif is amazing, it describes my emotions right now haha

Quite honestly I’m lost for words. Bethesda zenimax was crazy but this is just absolutely ridiculous!

 

[Chukhopops]

Xbox is re-evaluating its relationship with Activision Blizzard

Phil Spencer and fellow Xbox leaders are 'disturbed and deeply troubled' by reports about the publisher.

www.engadget.com

This aged like milk lol

 

[ACESHIGH]

As a PC gamer I don't like this. What if Sony ends up buying CAPCOM or Square to counter? I am fine with all these studios being third parties because PC ports are a lock. The only good thing that may come out of this is MS stopping the trend of Activision being a COD machine. I want CTR on PC and many other IPs from activision to make a comeback.

 

[spons]

Mike Ybarra back at Xbox.

 

[iorek21]

At least Crash and Spyro are not dead anymore.

Ubisoft will be the next on the acquisition line, maybe Sony will make a move this time.

 

[Hobbygaming]

Obviously they won’t be leaving money on the table and COD won’t be exclusive, right?

I would think they'd keep Call of Duty multiplatform but I also didn't see them making this deal

 

[Anchovie123]

What the actual fuck lmao

 

[ManaByte]

Vanguard was the #2 selling game on the PS Store in 2021. MS now owns that franchise.

 

[Inviusx]

Proof that insiders are hacks?

Where the fuck was were their sources for this one?

 

[Tbone3336]

Satya Tweeted

 

[Arun1910]

Big Win for GP out of nowhere, this is pretty insane.

 

[Nautilus]

HOLY FUCKING SHIT!!!!!!!¡!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[fart town usa]

LOL. Holy shit.

This is a huge deal but funny enough, I literally can't remember the last time I bought an Activision game, their stuff just doesn't interest me.

It's pretty wild though, I figured Activision/Blizzard would be too costly for a company to just buy. The coming years are going to be really interesting.

 

[nightmare-slain]

Now Sony will go "fuck it" mode and buy T2. GTA PS exclusive.

they can't afford Take Two but ok...

 

[MilkyJoe]

 

[CuNi]

Duuuuude this is huge!
I wonder what the ramification of this will be.

Like all future Acti + Blizz games Xbox exclusive?
I am still in shock of this announcement. The fact that this underwent silently without any leaks until it's 99% done is also quit scary.

 

[Coolwhhip]

What does it mean for the woke virus at Blizzard? Will it get better or worse with MS?

 

[Starfield]

Microsoft buying Bethesda/Zeni in 2020: "This isn't even my final form..."

holy cow

 

[Kev Kev]

Satya Tweeted

wooooooooow

this is crazy

 

[Punished Miku]

Sony is in danger of having zero WRPGs or FPS games soon. Madness.

 

[Ogbert]

Bungie next.

 

[LordCBH]

Jesus Christ. Please bring back franchises Activision has completely abandoned

 

[DevilMayFlyForAWhiteGuy]

Bethesda made sense since they had so much history with Xbox since the first one (and their games were broken on PlayStation until PS4).

This is getting to be a bit much though. Was hoping they’d be sticking to smaller companies for any further acquisitions.

 

[GHG]

This is too funny after what Phil was saying the other day.