Microsoft was planning to buy Sega – Zing

Supplementary materials for the current acquisition hearing in US federal court have been declassified Activision Blizzard from the side Microsoft. He planned to contact years ago Segou with an offer to buy its gaming division, and placed such companies as on its internal list of potential acquisitions. Bangui, IO interactive or Thunderous.

In a November 2020 email to Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella and CFO Amy Hood, the head of Xbox writes: Phil Spencer: “We believe Sega has built a well-balanced portfolio of cross-segment games with global reach and will help us accelerate Game Pass on consoles and beyond. (…) Sega is the most attractive target for further acquisitions due to the global catalog of PC games, the presence of mobile devices in Asia and the worldwide popularity of the brand on consoles.”

It’s unclear how far the purchase discussion has progressed, but as of April 2021, Microsoft still cited the Sega purchase as a key goal. He also followed the company Banguiwhich today belongs to Sony, or the authors of Hitman z IO interactive. The list also includes a studio Super Giant Games, developer of the hit Hades. Last but not least, the American giant was interested in several mobile studios led by S. from Zingowhich was already discussed in court last week.

In the end, Zynga was “too small” for Microsoft, so it turned to Activision Blizzard and its King division.

The documents include extensive lists of studios and publishers that Microsoft was interested in. The Czech Republic is among the seventeen companies developing games for consoles and PCs. Bohemia Interactive.