Friday, January 21, 2022

Metaverse: Microsoft += Activision Blizzard - $68.7 billion

Microsoft to acquire Activision Blizzard for $68.7 billion - The Verge

Satya Nadella says the deal ‘will play a key role in the development of metaverse platforms’

Microsoft is acquiring Activision, the troubled publisher of Call of Duty, World of Warcraft, and Diablo. The deal will value Activision at $68.7 billion, far in excess of the $26 billion Microsoft paid to acquire LinkedIn in 2016. It’s Microsoft’s biggest push into gaming, and the company says it will be the “third-largest gaming company by revenue, behind Tencent and Sony” once the deal closes.

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