Microsoft closed its $69 billion takeover of Activision Blizzard — the biggest-ever M&A deal in the gaming sector — in October 2023 following concessions Microsoft made to address regulatory ...

Microsoft lays off 1,900 workers from Xbox, Activision Blizzard after $69B deal By Ariel Zilber Published Jan. 25, 2024, 12:03 p.m. ET ...

Microsoft is framing its acquisition of Activision Blizzard as a kind of homecoming for characters like Crash Bandicoot, the Overwatch heroes, and Mr. Call of Duty, when in reality it was a shrewd ...

Microsoft, which owns the Xbox gaming system, closed its $69 billion deal to buy game-maker Activision Blizzard on Friday after fending off global opposition from antitrust regulators and rivals.

With offers of bonus items for Activision Blizzard games like “Call of Duty” and “Overwatch” if played on the Game Pass platform, Microsoft has used the titles now in its portfolio to ...

Microsoft's Xbox One video game console and Activision Blizzard's Call of Duty: Modern Warfare video game arranged in Denver on Jan. 18, 2022. ( Michael Ciaglo/Bloomberg via Getty Images) ...

Microsoft has responded to the FTC’s claims that Microsoft laying off 1,900 Activision Blizzard and Xbox employees runs counter to its representations in court.

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.

Microsoft’s gaming bought Activision Blizzard for about $69 billion in October after a bruising, yearlong regulatory battle mainly over anti-trust concerns.

Activision, which is owned by Microsoft (MSFT), announced that “Call of Duty: Black Ops 7” will release worldwide on November ...

A version of this article appears in print on Oct. 14, 2023, Section B, Page 1 of the New York edition with the headline: Microsoft’s Activision Deal Lets Big Tech Get Bigger.

The Microsoft-Activision case is a vertical merger, however, where the companies operate in the same industry but provide different services. That can make it harder to predict what concessions ...