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Breaking: Microsoft to acquire Activision-Blizzard in near 70$ billion deal
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SlimySnake
Flashless at the Golden Globes
Market cap is $50 billion. They overpaid by $20 billion.
HeisenbergFX4
Gold Member
Mike is working for Phil again 
As we pursue that mission, it is incredibly exciting to announce that Microsoft has agreed to acquire Activision Blizzard.
Over many decades, the studios and teams that make up Activision Blizzard have earned vast wellsprings of joy and respect from billions of people all over the world. We are incredibly excited to have the chance to work with the amazing, talented, dedicated people across Activision Publishing, Blizzard Entertainment, Beenox, Demonware, Digital Legends, High Moon Studios, Infinity Ward, King, Major League Gaming, Radical Entertainment, Raven Software, Sledgehammer Games, Toys for Bob, Treyarch and every team across Activision Blizzard.
Until this transaction closes, Activision Blizzard and Microsoft Gaming will continue to operate independently. Once the deal is complete, the Activision Blizzard business will report to me as CEO, Microsoft Gaming.
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. We also announced today that Game Pass now has more than 25 million subscribers. As always, we look forward to continuing to add more value and more great games to Game Pass.
The fantastic franchises across Activision Blizzard will also accelerate our plans for Cloud Gaming, allowing more people in more places around the world to participate in the Xbox community using phones, tablets, laptops and other devices you already own. Activision Blizzard games are enjoyed on a variety of platforms and we plan to continue to support those communities moving forward.
As a company, Microsoft is committed to our journey for inclusion in every aspect of gaming, among both employees and players. We deeply value individual studio cultures. We also believe that creative success and autonomy go hand-in-hand with treating every person with dignity and respect. We hold all teams, and all leaders, to this commitment. We’re looking forward to extending our culture of proactive inclusion to the great teams across Activision Blizzard.
Around the world, there is no more exciting venue for fun and connection than video games. And there has never been a better time to play than right now. As we extend the joy and community of gaming to everyone, we look forward to welcoming all of our friends at Activision Blizzard to Microsoft Gaming.
Draugoth
Could add this to your main post as it's not a rumor:
news.xbox.com
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 most vibrant and dynamic form of entertainment worldwide and we’ve experienced the power of social connection and friendship that gaming makes possible.As we pursue that mission, it is incredibly exciting to announce that Microsoft has agreed to acquire Activision Blizzard.
Over many decades, the studios and teams that make up Activision Blizzard have earned vast wellsprings of joy and respect from billions of people all over the world. We are incredibly excited to have the chance to work with the amazing, talented, dedicated people across Activision Publishing, Blizzard Entertainment, Beenox, Demonware, Digital Legends, High Moon Studios, Infinity Ward, King, Major League Gaming, Radical Entertainment, Raven Software, Sledgehammer Games, Toys for Bob, Treyarch and every team across Activision Blizzard.
Until this transaction closes, Activision Blizzard and Microsoft Gaming will continue to operate independently. Once the deal is complete, the Activision Blizzard business will report to me as CEO, Microsoft Gaming.
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. We also announced today that Game Pass now has more than 25 million subscribers. As always, we look forward to continuing to add more value and more great games to Game Pass.
The fantastic franchises across Activision Blizzard will also accelerate our plans for Cloud Gaming, allowing more people in more places around the world to participate in the Xbox community using phones, tablets, laptops and other devices you already own. Activision Blizzard games are enjoyed on a variety of platforms and we plan to continue to support those communities moving forward.
As a company, Microsoft is committed to our journey for inclusion in every aspect of gaming, among both employees and players. We deeply value individual studio cultures. We also believe that creative success and autonomy go hand-in-hand with treating every person with dignity and respect. We hold all teams, and all leaders, to this commitment. We’re looking forward to extending our culture of proactive inclusion to the great teams across Activision Blizzard.
Around the world, there is no more exciting venue for fun and connection than video games. And there has never been a better time to play than right now. As we extend the joy and community of gaming to everyone, we look forward to welcoming all of our friends at Activision Blizzard to Microsoft Gaming.
Draugoth
Could add this to your main post as it's not a rumor:
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
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Gameplaylover
Member
WTF? They just droped that on their homepage?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...
GHG
Member
Worth it.
The recent drop in share price due to the scandals have allowed this to happen.
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Ass of Can Whooping
Member
saintjules
Member
Acquiring COD into their camp has to be a massive move?
nightmare-slain
Member
holy fuck shit it's true!
MSFT ain't fucking around. they now own CALL OF DUTY, World of Warcraft, Diablo, and Overwatch
fuck me man
MSFT ain't fucking around. they now own CALL OF DUTY, World of Warcraft, Diablo, and Overwatch
fuck me man
Setsuna Mudou
Member
Isn't Activision Blizzard publicly traded? Unless they plan to buy a majority share from some of the whales, this sort of deal doesn't just happen in the dark like that. Something's very fishy about this report.
Bobby K has a significant % of the shares, so I have no doubt he would sell his bit for the right price, but what about the rest?
Market cap is at 50B, but it doesn't mean people would sell for this much. The price per share would inflate immensely if this was true.
Bobby K has a significant % of the shares, so I have no doubt he would sell his bit for the right price, but what about the rest?
Market cap is at 50B, but it doesn't mean people would sell for this much. The price per share would inflate immensely if this was true.
SlimySnake
Flashless at the Golden Globes
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...
Look up. Its confirmed
STARSBarry
Gold Member
Holy crap if turns out to be actually true... just Holy shit...
Like this would be something uttely "game" changing.
Like this would be something uttely "game" changing.
MadPanda
Banned
their valuation is multi trillion but they don't own trillions of dollars, there's a big difference and nobody finds such money down the back of the sofa. this will probably include lots of stock going the other way.
nightmare-slain
Member
El Pistolero
Banned
It's pretty much game over for Sony at this point.
I saw it on my Bloomberg terminal as well (not reported by Jason Schreier). Its reported as "said to", but it would be very uncommon for them to be wrong about stuff like that.
Tommi84
Member
Confirmed on MS page:
So yeah, it's happening.
Vaelka
Member
Don't they get King Games too?actually makes sense. the company is a shit show right now. take it over and clean it out from top to bottom.
the IPs they would own is insane. Call of Duty, World of Warcraft, Overwatch, Diablo, Tony Hawks, Spyro, Crash, etc.
this would be waaay bigger than Zenimax acquisition.
edit: someone should go check in on SonyGaf
Games like Candy Crush make a huge amount of money people shouldn't underestimate how profitable mobile casinos I mean games are.
ResilientBanana
Member
whoa. That was unexpected.
Kdad
Member
Its a done deal. Posted by MS.
Hendrick's
If only my penis was as big as my GamerScore!
Po
SEVENTY BILLION DOLLARS ?
Bullet Club
Member
Oh boy, that's huge news.
Pedro Motta
Member
This sucks balls if true. Regulators should be doing their job, this is ridiculous.
nightmare-slain
Member
yeah they own King Games/Candy Crush now.
Plantoid
Member
Are you going to cry? Just get a PC
kanjobazooie
Mouse Ball Fetishist
wtf? 
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
Game Pass subscribers gonna be eating good for decades now.
You do realise Sony has bought more studios and paid for exclusives than MS has right? I guess after being accused of buying the industry for so long MS has started to take it personally and is flexing their endless cash now.
AffirmativeAfro
Neo Member
Unreal, MS owns like..half of gaming right now, they OWN Call of Duty...holy shit.
DarkestHour
Banned
FUCK YES NOW PLEASE TELL ME BOBBY KOTICK IS GONE
Chukhopops
Member
TERATON
Punished Miku
Gold Member
Is this real lol? wut
nani17
are in a big trouble
Setsuna Mudou
Member
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
BadBurger
Is 'That Pure Potato'
Whoa. I guess now was a good time to sell.
Microsoft owning WoW, CoD, and Diablo. Fucking madness. This is probably the biggest gaming news of the past five or so years right?
Edit: Ohhh my God Master Chief in Overwatch! The Starcraft guy in Overwatch. Fucking Arthas in Overwatch! I'd actually play Overwatch again for that.
OK I am geeking out at the possibilities
Microsoft owning WoW, CoD, and Diablo. Fucking madness. This is probably the biggest gaming news of the past five or so years right?
Edit: Ohhh my God Master Chief in Overwatch! The Starcraft guy in Overwatch. Fucking Arthas in Overwatch! I'd actually play Overwatch again for that.
OK I am geeking out at the possibilities
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