PS5, PS4 Players Will 'Remain Welcome' As Xbox Closes $69 Billion Activision Blizzard Buyout | Push Square
Update: Well, there we go. Microsoft has wasted no time, and has officially concluded the transaction to acquire Activision Blizzard King. The announcement comes via Xbox Wire, where Phil Spencer writes about this historic merger. Bobby Kotick, CEO of Activision Blizzard King, will remain in place for at least the rest of 2023.
While he mostly waxes lyrical about how exciting it is to have ActiBlizz as part of Xbox, Spencer leaves things off to touch on the many platforms on which people play the publisher's games — and seemingly implies a lot of them will stay multiplatform.
«For the millions of fans who love Activision, Blizzard, and King games, we want you to know that today is a good day to play. You are the heart and soul of these franchises, and we are honored to have you as part of our community,» he writes. «Whether you play on Xbox, PlayStation, Nintendo, PC or mobile, you are welcome here – and will remain welcome, even if Xbox isn’t where you play your favorite franchise.»
Obviously that's not a confirmation of anything, but it's a comment that suggests to us that, just because Microsoft owns Activision Blizzard, it doesn't necessarily mean everything will become exclusive. We already know Call of Duty will remain on PlayStation for at least the next 10 years.
Very interesting times ahead.
Original Story: The UK's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has given its approval for Microsoft's $69 billion buyout of Activision Blizzard to go through.
Microsoft announced its intention to acquire the huge games publisher in January 2022. Over the last year and nine months, the proposal has come under intense scrutiny as government regulators around the world mused on whether it would be harmful to competition in
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