Microsoft buys Activision Blizzard for $70 billion

On a historic day for the games industry, ecosystem purchase Activision Blizzard and much can be expected from this acquisition. Although no drastic changes have been announced, it is hoped that we will finally see every release in the series. Call Of Duty on Xbox Game Pass, as well as other games that are not yet part of the subscription service catalog are now available to subscribers.

Understand the partnership ecosystem e Activision Blizzard right now.

Microsoft will become 3rd largest gaming company in the world

Tuesday January 18th was pretty quiet, but everything changed when it was announced that Microsoft was buying Activision, the studio that is home to titles like Starcraft, Crasg, Call of Duty, Overwatch, Warcraft and other famous titles. The transaction is close to completion and according to the company's ecosystem, the value of the purchase was US$ 68,7 billion (R$ 378,85 billion).

Now that Microsoft has bought Activision Blizzard, will be becoming nothing less than the third largest gaming company in the world, behind only Tencent (League of Legends e PUB-G) to Sony (owner not only of PlayStation, but also responsible for releases such as God Of War, The Last Of Us and more). The purchase also includes the purchase of King (game developer like candy Crush Saga).

It is worth remembering that Activision Blizzard It is also home to games like Diablo, so maybe we'll see the title having a bigger share in the Xbox Game Pass? The same goes for our beloved Spyro and other franchises that are true classics. No possible securities exits from the Activision Blizzardd from other game subscription services, but more details are expected to be revealed in the coming days.

Arrival of Activision Blizzard Games on Xbox Game Pass

When companies carry out the acquisition of other companies, it is expected that the services will be unified so that more customers are won, right? And that is precisely what can happen with the agreement made between ecosystem e Activision Blizzard.

As one of the great successes of the ecosystem for the games market, it is expected that once the transaction is finalized, the company that is also the creator of the Xbox will have more than 30 in-house studios that will be releasing their games both in the traditional market and in the subscription service. Some names like:

• Activision Publishing;
• Blizzard Entertainment;
• Beenox, Demonware;
• Digital Legends;
• High Moon Studios;
• Infinity Ward, King;
• Major League Gaming;
• RadicalEntertainment;
• Raven Software;
• Sledgehammer Games;
• Toys for Bob;
• Treyarch.

One of the company's purposes is to purchase the Activision Blizzard was simply to make the games available in full on the service of the ecosystem, so we can expect news soon from this purchase. Reaching the mark of 25 million subscribers around the world, the Xbox Game Pass must conquer the 400 million players of the Activision Blizzard which are in 190 countries.

Changes will not be made at first

At least for now, the ecosystem should not make drastic changes to the internal team of the Activision. Bobby Kotick will continue to serve as the company's CEO, working with the same team as before so that the work continues to move forward. Nonetheless, Phil Spencer becomes CEO of Microsoft Gaming from today and will be assuming the position of head of business at Activision Blizzard once the transaction is completed.

A ecosystem also wants to grow in the mobile game market and the large number of gamers of candy Crush Saga must be more than essential for the company to become a possible reference in smartphone games. Microsoft also hopes to accelerate advances in Cloud Gaming, technology that allows users to enjoy titles without the need for good hardware.

What do you expect from this new moment between ecosystem e Activision Blizzard? Tell us in the comments!

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Sources: ecosystem I Xbox