Almost two years after its announcement, the biggest deal in the video game industry is becoming a reality. Microsoft from now on control yourself Activision Blizzard and all its brands such as Call of Duty, Diablo, Warcraft or Crash Bandicoot. The mobile division of King is also key, with which, among other things, the Candy Crush series is associated.
Microsoft closed the deal shortly after it was approved by the UK’s last holdout regulator. Previously, he also had to convince European Union regulators and clash with the US Federal Trade Commission in court.
Finally, Microsoft responded to the concerns of mainly British authorities about monopolizing the cloud market and promised to transfer streaming rights outside of Europe to Ubisoft. In the console space, Microsoft is committed to publishing Call of Duty on PlayStation for ten years and bring the series also to consoles from Nintendo.
Activision, Blizzard and King will create new divisions within Xbox along with Xbox Game Studios and Bethesda. Bobby Kotick then, at Phil Spencer’s request, he will remain at the helm of Activision Blizzard until the end of the year to help with the smooth integration.
“Starting today, we will begin working to bring the popular brands of Activision, Blizzard and King to Game Pass and other platforms. More details about when we can expect the games to release will be announced in the coming months,” writes the head of Xbox. Phil Spencer.
Source :Indian TV
