The two companies announced the acquisition in a joint statement on Tuesday. At the same time, Microsoft representatives emphasized that it is “the largest gaming acquisition in the entire history”.
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Upon successful completion of the entire deal, Microsoft should become the third largest gaming company in the world, at least in terms of sales. It ranks closely behind Tencent and Sony. But trade has yet to be sanctioned by regulators.
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“We are working hard on world-class content, community and the cloud to usher in a new era of gaming that puts players and creators first,” said Satya Nadella, Microsoft’s chief executive.
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Microsoft will now own a number of big names in the gaming world – at least Call of Duty, World of Warcraft, Diablo, Candy Crush, Tony Hawk, Diablo, Overwatch, Spyro, Hearthstone, Guitar Hero, Crash Bandicoot and StarCraft.
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Games will be included in the subscription
These games can be expected to appear in the Xbox Game Pass as well, meaning that people will be able to play them for free as part of a subscription. The American software giant did the same last year when it managed to buy Bethesda. He paid $ 7.5 billion for that at the time, which is more than 160.9 billion crowns.
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“Players around the world love Activision Blizzard, and we believe creative teams have their best work ahead of them,” said Phil Spencer, head of Microsoft’s gaming division. He will now head all teams at Activision Blizzard.
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