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Microsoft's $69 billion deal to acquire "Call of Duty" developer Activision Blizzard was slated to close today, but regulatory hurdles and a last-minute appeal to the Supreme Court appear to be ...
On January 18, 2022, Microsoft announced its intent to acquire Activision Blizzard for $68.7 billion. [1] The acquisition was completed on October 13, 2023, with its total cost amounting to $75.4 billion. [2] Under the terms of the agreement, Microsoft brought Activision Blizzard under its Microsoft Gaming business unit as a sibling division to ...
Microsoft’s win against the Federal Trade Commission in its attempt to block its $69 billion purchase of “Call of Duty” maker Activision Blizzard could clear the way for the company to move ...
UPDATED: Microsoft closed a $68.7 billion deal to acquire Activision Blizzard on Friday after getting the green light from regulators in the U.K., nearly two years after it was first announced.
By January 2021, the company's net value was estimated to be $72 billion based on its stock trading price due to the ongoing demand for video games from the COVID-19 pandemic. [63] The Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia acquired 14.9 million shares of Activision Blizzard, valued at $1.4 billion, in February 2021. [64]
Activision stock is down after the UK's antitrust regulator raised competition concerns about Microsoft's proposed $69 billion purchase of the "Call of Duty" maker.
This is a list of largest mergers and acquisitions (M&A) in the video game industry with publicly disclosed deal values.Microsoft's acquisition of Activision Blizzard is the most expensive video game acquisitions of all time followed by Activision-Vivendi Games merger and Take-Two Interactive-Zynga acquisition. 14 of the 20 most expensive video game purchases in video game history occurred ...
Microsoft this week cleared a massive hurdle in court in its efforts to acquire Activision Blizzard for a whopping $69 billion.If the deal gets done as anticipated, it could mean much more tech M ...