Microsoft corporation issued a statement on January 18 saying that Microsoft will buy Activision Blizzard in full cash for $95 per share, including Activision Blizzard's net cash, and the transaction is worth $68.7 billion.
According to relevant US media reports, this will be the largest acquisition in the history of Microsoft.
Microsoft said that after the transaction is completed, Microsoft will become the third-highest-grossing gaming company in the world, after Tencent and Sony. Planned acquisitions include activision Blizzard and subsidiary King's well-known titles such as the Warcraft series, Diablo, Overwatch, Call of Duty and Candy Crush Saga.
The statement also noted that Bobby Kotick will continue to serve as CEO of Activision Blizzard, and after the completion of the transaction, the Activision Blizzard business will report to Microsoft Game CEO Phil Spencer.
Activision Blizzard is the world's largest game developer and publisher, renamed in 2008 after the merger of U.S. video game publisher Activision in Company vivendi games.
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