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      • In October 2023, Microsoft acquired parent company Activision Blizzard, maintaining that the company will continue to operate as a separate business.
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  2. Jun 5, 2024 · Microsoft Closes $69 Billion Acquisition of Activision Blizzard. Concluding 20 months of an often-contentious approval process with regulators in the US, EU, UK, and New Zealand, including defeating the Federal Trade Commission in a US federal court and restructuring the deal to appease the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) in the UK ...

  3. 2 days ago · In October 2023, Microsoft acquired parent company Activision Blizzard, maintaining that the company will continue to operate as a separate business. While part of the larger Microsoft Gaming division, Blizzard Entertainment retains its function as the publisher of games developed by their studios.

  4. 5 days ago · Microsoft has successfully persuaded regulators around the world to clear its $68.7 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard — the biggest deal of its kind the gaming industry has ever seen — and has completed the deal.Microsoft overcame concerns about the deal’s effect on competition in the indus...

  5. 6 days ago · At the conclusion of the merger, in which Activision was the senior partner, Vivendi purchased 52 percent of the stock in the newly formed Activision Blizzard. Both Activision and Blizzard maintained distinct corporate identities, with independent development and publishing streams.

  6. 4 days ago · Microsoft said Thursday in a court filing that many of the roughly 1,900 employees it laid off from Activision Blizzard last month were slated to be cut before Microsoft completed its $69 billion acquisition of the game studio in October.

  7. 10 hours ago · Xbox Game Studios Chief Matt Booty on ‘Beginning to Hit Our Stride,’ Game Pass Strategy, More ‘Fallout,’ Studio Closures and More. Microsoft Gaming is taking a victory lap after an ...

  8. May 28, 2024 · Just before Microsoft closed its acquisition of Activision Blizzard, it said that it would take some time to bring the publisher's titles to Game Pass. We've only seen one such...