Microsoft buys Activision Blizzard for $68.7 billion

On January 18, Microsoft officially announced that it had acquired Activision Blizzard. The latter is the creator of "call of duty", "Warcraft", "candy crush", "Tony Hawk", "Diablo", "watchman", "Spyro", "hearthstone legend", "Guitar Hero", "Crash Bandicoot", "StarCraft" and other games.

The deal is worth $687. Microsoft bought Activision Blizzard in cash of $95 per share. Phil Spencer, CEO of Microsoft games, sent an open letter on Activision Blizzard team joining Microsoft games, saying, "As a team, our mission is to extend the happiness and game community to everyone on earth. We all know that games are the most dynamic and dynamic form of entertainment in the world, and we have also experienced the power of social connection and friendship brought by games." "While pursuing this goal, we are very excited to announce that Microsoft has agreed to acquire Activision Blizzard."

“几十年来，动视暴雪的工作室和团队赢得了世界各地数十亿人的喜爱和尊重。我们非常高兴有机会与动视、暴雪娱乐、Beenox、Demonware、DigitalLegends、High Moon Studios、InfinityWard、King、Major League Gaming、Radical Entertainment、Raven Software、Sledgehammer Games、Toys for Bob、Treyarch等每个在动视暴雪的团队。”

Phil Spencer也表示，在交易完成之前，动视暴雪和微软游戏将继续独立运营。一旦交易完成，动视暴雪的业务将向作为微软游戏首席执行官汇报。最后，微软游戏还宣布将在Xbox Game Pass和PC Game Pass中提供尽可能多的动视暴雪游戏，包括新游戏和动视暴雪旗下的游戏。微软游戏还宣布Game Pass现在拥有超过2500万的用户。