It all started with the company formation which occurred in 2008 with the merger of Activision and Vivendi Games. The company's debut product was a racing game called "The Dragster," which was made available on the Atari 2600 (first version). Activision ran into financial trouble in the '90s and was finally acquired by Mediagenic. Activision was reorganized couple of times and returned to profitability with the introduction new management and policies. “Activision” first attempted a merger with “The Learning Company” in year 1997, but the two companies were ultimately unable to work together and Activision was sold to a group of investors.
After acquiring Vivendi Games in 2008, Activision rebranded itself as Activision Blizzard. Guitar Hero, World of Warcraft and Call of Duty are the biggest names in video games, after this merger all have been mashed up into one. As Microsoft continues to back Activision Blizzard's game development division, fans can anticipate more high-quality games in the future.
“Activision Blizzard”, a renowned US company is one of the major video game developers; Microsoft has recently revealed that it will be acquiring this company. This news is really rocking for gaming industry, everyone is excited about it, and the deal was disclosed on January 18th, 2022.
As a result of the deal, Activision Blizzard will now report to Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer. Microsoft's decision is being viewed as a deliberate one to improve its market share and grow its gaming business. We are sure that kids in and around US who are playing online games have heard about Call of Duty, World of Warcraft and Candy Crush, these are the key products of Activision Blizzard. Millions of people around the world enjoy playing these games with ease and at a very low price.
With this great deal in gaming industry, Xbox Game Pass and PC Game Pass will have access to all of Activision Blizzard's games. Players can easily gain access to these games in any part of the world, without buying them all separately. There will likely be a dramatic uptick in membership for both Xbox Game Pass and PC Game Pass as a result of this change.
As per rajkotupdates.news: microsoft gaming company to buy activision blizzard for rs 5 lakh crore, Microsoft has made several other significant moves in the gaming sector before acquiring Activision Blizzard. Microsoft bought many game studios in 2018, including Ninja Theory, Playground Games and others. Almost all the gaming industry experts consider Microsoft's purchase of Activision Blizzard as a major milestone in the company's efforts to become the dominating player in the gaming industry.
Microsoft has promised to keep pouring money into Activision Blizzard's game development division. This bodes well for the future of gaming, suggesting more interesting and original game releases for fans.
The gaming industry as a whole could be affected by this major acquisition of “Activision Blizzard”. The move is being interpreted as Microsoft consolidating its dominance and might pave the way for future acquisitions by other gaming companies, Microsoft stands to gain a larger portion of the market and welcome the most popular games to its gaming platforms.
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