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Microsoft to Acquire Activision Blizzard in Blockbuster $69 Billion Deal

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Microsoft to Acquire Activision Blizzard in Blockbuster $69 Billion Deal

Image credit: Microsoft. Article by Brandon Hill. Tom’s Hardware – January 18, 2022.

Do you hear the sound of a thousand screams over at Sony HQ? If you do, it’s because Microsoft just announced that it would buy game publishing powerhouse Activision Blizzard for a staggering $68.7 billion ($95/share). To put the acquisition in perspective, Microsoft’s largest acquisition to date was LinkedIn, which the company purchased for around $26 billion back in 2016. […]