# Microsoft to Acquire Activision Blizzard in Blockbuster $69 Billion Deal

- Link: https://www.widthness.com/microsoft-to-acquire-activision-blizzard-in-blockbuster-69-billion-deal/
- Published: 2022-01-20T09:45:53-06:00
- Author: Curated by John Wysocki

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. […] Click here to view original web page at www.tomshardware.com