Gaming: Microsoft to acquire Activision Blizzard for $68.7bn (€60.1bn)

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Microsoft, an American computer company, is to acquire the video game publisher Activision Blizzard (a company listed on the Nasdaq stock exchange) on 18/01/2022. The acquisition is valued at $68.7bn (€60.1bn) according to Microsoft. This will be the largest amount ever paid for the acquisition of a publisher in the video game industry.

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