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2. blogs.microsoft.com › one-year-activision-blizzardOne year on: Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard ...

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   4 days ago · Yesterday, we welcomed a new era for streaming games—while Ubisoft now owns the cloud game streaming rights to Activision Blizzard games, pursuant to a licensing deal, Call of Duty: Black Ops 6, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III and Call of Duty: Warzone will be available on Xbox Cloud Gaming for the first time, joining other Activision Blizzard games which have become available to stream via ...

3. www.digitaltrends.com › gaming › microsoftWhat Microsoft's Activision Blizzard acquisition means for ...

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   Oct 13, 2023 · Microsoft finally closes its $69B Activision Blizzard acquisition. It's done: Microsoft completed its acquisition of Activision Blizzard. The $69 billion deal means that some of gaming's biggest ...

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     Microsoft closes $69 billion Activision deal after Britain's nod

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     LA Times Today: Microsoft acquires Activision Blizzard in $69-billion gaming deal

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5. knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu › article › howHow Microsoft’s Activision Blizzard Deal Is Transformative

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   Nov 1, 2023 · Microsoft had tried some of those with offerings around its Xbox video game console system, he noted; it recently marked 40 years in the gaming business. “Activision Blizzard gave [Microsoft ...

6. www.bbc.com › news › technology-67066870Microsoft Activision: What does deal mean for gamers? - BBC

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   Oct 13, 2023 · That's because Ubisoft has signed a deal giving it "cloud gaming" rights for every Activision Blizzard game, past and future, for 15 years. Microsoft had to agree to this to get the deal past UK ...

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   Oct 13, 2023 · That's because Ubisoft has signed a deal giving it "cloud gaming" rights for every Activision Blizzard game, past and future, for 15 years. Microsoft had to agree to this to get the deal past UK ...

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8. www.theverge.com › 22941636 › microsoft-activisionRead exactly how Microsoft’s $68.7 billion deal for ...

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   Feb 19, 2022 · Microsoft shocked the tech and gaming world on January 18th when it announced it would acquire Activision Blizzard in a $68.7 billion deal, by far the biggest ever in gaming. Activision Blizzard ...

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   Why did Ubisoft sign a deal with Activision Blizzard?

   • That's because Ubisoft has signed a deal giving it "cloud gaming" rights for every Activision Blizzard game, past and future, for 15 years. Microsoft had to agree to this to get the deal past UK regulators, who were worried about the company dominating the cloud industry.

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   Will Activision Blizzard games come to cloud gaming services?

   • It’s also more likely that Activision Blizzard games will come to cloud gaming services following this acquisition, although Microsoft won’t be the company in control of that. Throughout the acquisition process, Microsoft publicly made deals with Nvidia, Boosteroid, Ubitus, and EE to support their cloud services with games.

   What Microsoft's Activision Blizzard acquisition means for you

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   Did Microsoft buy Activision Blizzard in a $68 billion deal?

   • By Jay Peters, a news editor who writes about technology, video games, and virtual worlds. He’s submitted several accepted emoji proposals to the Unicode Consortium. Microsoft shocked the tech and gaming world on January 18th when it announced it would acquire Activision Blizzard in a $68.7 billion deal, by far the biggest ever in gaming.

   Read exactly how Microsoft’s $68.7 billion deal for Activision Blizzard

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   Who owns Activision Blizzard games?

   • To get the U.K.’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) to approve the acquisition, it had to give the cloud gaming rights for Activision Blizzard games over to Ubisoft. So, while it’s likely that we’ll see an increase in Activision Blizzard games on cloud services in the coming years, Ubisoft will technically be the company controlling that.

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   Will Activision Blizzard be an Xbox exclusive in 2038?

   • The good news for Sony fans is it will be 2038 before it's even possible that the game could be an Xbox exclusive. That's because Ubisoft has signed a deal giving it "cloud gaming" rights for every Activision Blizzard game, past and future, for 15 years.

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   Could Activision Blizzard get the scale of Microsoft?

   • In addition to access to capital, Activision Blizzard gets “the scale of Microsoft,” and it could tap into “a menu of complementary resources” from Microsoft, such as connecting to its cloud platforms, he added. The Microsoft-Activision deal could see great success if a culture clash is avoided, according to Wharton's Harbir Singh.

   How Microsoft’s Activision Blizzard Deal Is Transformative

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10. www.theringer.com › video-games › 2023/10/13Four Takeaways From the Microsoft–Activision Blizzard Deal

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    Oct 13, 2023 · The future of console gaming, as big business, hinges in no small part on Friday’s resolution of Microsoft’s $69 billion acquisition of the video game publisher Activision Blizzard. This was a ...