Microsoft to buy Activision Blizzard in $68.7 billion deal
finance.yahoo.com
Microsoft's offer of $95 per share is at a premium of 45% to Activision's Friday close. Shares of Activision were up nearly 38% at $65.39 before being halted for news. "Gaming is the most dynamic and exciting category in entertainment across all platforms today and will play a key role in the development of metaverse platforms," Microsoft Chief Executive Officer Satya Nadella said in a statement https://news.microsoft.com/2022/01/14/microsoft-to-acquire-activision-blizzard-to-bring-the-joy-and-community-of-gaming-to-everyone-across-every-device.
  • Kanna [she/her]
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    3 years ago

    I really wish Blizzard could just be its own company. This is awful

    • Downanotherday [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      Watching Blizzard slowly morph into Activision through out the years is :doomer:

      Blizzard showing signs of life and releasing some cool shit throughout the years only to be pillaged with Activision policies / monetization has been :doomjak: .

      Aren't minecrafters pretty okay with how Microsoft handles Minecraft ?

      Maybe they will let Blizzard do their own thing. :bloomer:

      spoiler

      I know thats never happening.

      • knipexcrunch [he/him]
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        3 years ago

        Yeah Minecraft under microsoft has been pretty good. Seems like Mojang is able to do their own thing for the most part, and they still support Java even though bedrock is what makes the money.

        • Downanotherday [he/him]
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          3 years ago

          I feel like supporting Java is due to many of the really big youtube people run Java. Minecraft would have never been anything without that community. It still heavily relies on them. I don't think microsoft wants to chance them moving on or just never moving on to new patches lol.

          Either way it shows more willingness to work within the community more then anything Activision Blizzard has done.

        • jkfjfhkdfgdfb [she/her]
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          3 years ago

          it's been pretty good in that microsoft didn't make it significantly worse, yeah

      • Kanna [she/her]
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        3 years ago

        Pretty much lol. I've been playing Blizzard games since Brood War and pretty much everything except WoW. It's been depressing - especially as someone who played mostly Heroes of the Storm for 6 years

        • Downanotherday [he/him]
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          3 years ago

          Bringing Master Chief and Steve to HOTS/Hearthstone could be a small good part of the monopoly.

          :che-poggers: