This day has come – the "deal of the century" between Microsoft And Activision Blizzard Finally closed. In honor of this event, T -shirts released an epic video in which not only acquired franchises, but also projects from their own studios were illuminated.
Under the wing Microsoft Now there are many teams responsible for popular series like Call of Duty And Diablo, as well as a whole pile of franchises, including Starcraft, Crash Bandicoot, Candy Crush and others.
The deal with Activision Blizzard became Expekt-Casino.co.uk for Microsoft the largest in its history – the company broke up from $ 68.7 billion. This figure significantly exceeds the amount for which the T -shirts crushed LinkedIn for themselves in 2016 (26 miliarts of dollars), and there is no comparison with the money that was transferred for Zenimax Media ($ 7.5 billion).
The purchase process took impressive 20 months, within which antitrusters from around the world assessed the potential influence of the transaction. The community was especially closely monitored by the trial Microsoft Against the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC), within which a whole pile of multi -sized documents surfaced. The company also concluded many cloud gaming agreements. In addition, Mikes officially agreed to release future Call of Duty On consoles Nintendo And Sony .
Chapter Xbox Phil Spencer (Phil Spencer) shared that along with Actiblizz teams game unit Microsoft It will continue to create new worlds and stories, as well as add the favorite sets for many platforms, including the cloud and mobile devices. Experts have already begun to work to settle projects Activision, Blizzard And King In the Game Pass library. More information about this will be revealed in the future. Earlier Actiblizz said she has no plans to send Modern Warfare III or Diablo IV on subscription in 2023.
Since the deal finally ended, Ubisoft received the rights to striming on current and new ActibLizz games, which will be released over the next 15 years. In addition, the titles will soon appear in the signature service of the French company Activision Blizzard. Agreement with Microsoft also provided to the “anniversary” the right to issue licenses for the placement of games in other cloud services outside the European Union. N -example, in the same Xbox Cloud Gaming.