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Microsoft buys Activision Blizzard

Belegarsson

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https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2022/01/18/welcoming-activision-blizzard-to-microsoft-gaming/

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Welcoming the Incredible Teams and Legendary Franchises of Activision Blizzard to Microsoft Gaming
by Phil Spencer, CEO, Microsoft Gaming • Jan 18, 2022 @ 5:25am
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.

 
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I know everyone here will think this couldn't possibly make Blizzard even more shitty; and probably they are right, but I am afraid this will still have awful repercussions down the road.

No, I'm damn sure Microsoft will make Blizzard far more shitty. Blizzard makes crappy games, that's their thing. Microsoft hates their customers and comes up with new ways of making their lives just a little bit worse every time they change their product.
 

Israfael

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So, /pol/ was right again.. :lol: Not sure if buying such toxic assets is a good investment for Microsoft, but they probably bought everything in bulk to get that sweet battle royale cash
 

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Microsoft appears to be very hands off with its subsidiary companies, so we'll see what happens with Blizzard now.

Microsoft probably engineered the sexual harassment lawsuit chains in Blizzard to devalue and destabilize it to buy it out, Bill gates couldn't have been putting those chips in vaccines for nothing.
 

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So, /pol/ was right again.. :lol: Not sure if buying such toxic assets is a good investment for Microsoft, but they probably bought everything in bulk to get that sweet battle royale cash
Yeah. You can tell when the decision was made because the stock price jumped a short while ago for no reason.

I wonder if they will take Call of Duty and the WoW port off of PlayStation.
 

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The logical next step in bill gates quest for world domination. Spencer in particular looks like straight out of a bond movie.

It will enjoy the next WoW Addon or it will have its fingernails torn out.
 

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Baron Dupek

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No Colodooty for $oyny?
Wonder what happen then in the west...

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now give us back Wolfenstein 2009 and Heretic 2 ffs
 
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MS just buying everything is worrysome. Monopolized gaming sounds... shit. Not that ActiBlizz was particularly great in the past years but generally this is a problem imho.

I can understand peoples concerns with any monopoly but I use to work for Microsoft and they a visionary company with massive resources that should only benefit gamers. They also respect the independence of companies they purchase unless the acquired company starts running at a loss in which case they will intervene to fix things

But similar to the Bethesda acquisition this doesn't mean the quality of games will get worse, lets be optimistic
 

Ghulgothas

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What happened to Western Mass-Media due to Disney is going to happen to Western Video Games due to Microsoft.

Does Microsoft now own Arcanum?
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:shredder:

Long awaited Arcanum FPS on its way!
Journey to the Centre of Arcanum will be resurrected, and entrusted to whatever-the-hell is left of Arkane in 10 years time. Slated for release holiday season 2035.

Gamepass Exclusive.
 

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