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Microsoft to buy Activision Blizzard in $68.7 billion deal
finance.yahoo.comMicrosoft'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.
I am kinda convinced there is some high ranking OG blizzard person sabotaging anything related to actual new warcraft/starcraft content to protect the franchises from the Activision/Blizzard merger.
It doesn't make sense to let countless on the most memorable / loved characters to sit around collecting dust.
Like they could attach Kerrigan and her already well established story to any remotely good game engine and it would instantly become a top seller.