Sources: in recent weeks, CEO Bobby Kotick suggested Activision Blizzard make an acquisition, including of trade publications like Kotaku and PC Gamer
After a lawsuit and a Journal report, the company's stock was falling, board members were getting anxious—and the tech giant was ready to take a gamble
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Pure Xbox
Pure Xbox
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Sony Expects Xbox To ‘Ensure’ Activision Games Are Still Available On PlayStation
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Gameranx
Matt Cook
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Sony Still Expects Activision Games To Come To PlayStation
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@gregisenberg
Greg Isenberg
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Activision Blizzard sold for $70b today and the community is going to see $0 from this Play-to-earn couldn't come sooner.
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@dinabass
Dina Bass
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Microsoft is nearing a deal to buy Activision Blizzard, sources tell us. Deal value is nearly $70 billion. Story on @TheTerminal
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@gibiz
@gibiz
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“This is hard work. It requires consistency, commitment and leadership that not only talks the talk, but walks the walk,” Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said https://www.gamesindustry.biz/ ...
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@gibiz
@gibiz
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In a conference call about the Activision Blizzard acquisition, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella addressed cultural issues at the company, saying that it will require “significant work” to continue improving https://www.gamesindustry.biz/ ...
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@domsplaying
Dom
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Sony: “We expect that Microsoft will abide by contractual agreements and continue to ensure Activision games are multiplatform.” Me: Who wants to break the news to 'em? (Okay really. Existing games certainly. But future titles? That's wishful thinking.) https://www.wsj.com/...
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@rajeshsawhney
Rajesh Sawhney
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Satya The Great Acquirer - $26B: LinkedIn - $20B: Nuance - $7.5B: Github - $7.5B: ZeniMax - $70B. Activision https://twitter.com/...
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@jorgex
Jorge Jimenez
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This says a lot about about bosses like Kotick's attitude of the press. Instead of doing the work of improving a toxic workplace culture and, you know, not covering for predators, his response to all the reporting of his severe mismanagement is, “wHaT if I bUY PeeSee Gamer!?!” ht…
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@edzitron
Ed Zitron
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Safe and inclusive. Hey one question why has Activision been in the news so much recently. Was it something to do with inclusivity and the safety of women at Activision. Did Bing not bring any of that stuff up https://twitter.com/...
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@benfritz
Ben Fritz
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Activision's board was anxious for change after revelations of sexual misconduct at the company but didn't want to push out CEO Bobby Kotick. Microsoft offered a solution to both those problems. ICYM our inside story of the MSFT-ATVI deal... https://www.wsj.com/...
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@kirstengrind
Kirsten Grind
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Shareholders and employees of Activision Blizzard were calling for CEO Bobby Kotick to resign last November. Some board members were getting anxious. The solution: Microsoft. ICYMI, our deep dive on the mega-deal @CaraRLombardo @benfritz https://www.wsj.com/...
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@saraheneedleman
Sarah E. Needleman
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Activision's stock was falling. Board members were getting anxious. And Microsoft was waiting in the wings. https://www.wsj.com/... @CaraRLombardo @KirstenGrind @benfritz $ATVI $MSFT
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@jasonschreier
Jason Schreier
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BREAKING: The WSJ reports that Microsoft is buying Activision Blizzard, the troubled publisher behind Call of Duty and World of Warcraft, which has been facing crisis over the last year following numerous reports of sexual misconduct and discrimination. A seismic gaming deal
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@paultassi
Paul Tassi
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This is, quite literally, what the evil company in Ready Player One was trying to do with the metaverse https://www.youtube.com/... https://twitter.com/...
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@thetomzone
Tom McKay
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I'm sure Kotaku would have loved that! https://www.wsj.com/... https://twitter.com/...
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@gamedadjp
@gamedadjp
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Dude literally wanted to create propaganda https://twitter.com/...
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@6d6f636869
Takashi Mochizuki
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Published: Sony's shares are falling after Microsoft said it would buy Activision. Investors are worried that Microsoft is changing the industry's business model and Sony may find it hard to keep catching up due to size of money it can use. https://www.bloomberg.com/...
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@tomwarren
Tom Warren
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it's weird to think that if Bungie hadn't parted ways with Activision 3 years ago to self-publish Destiny, it would be back at Microsoft. There have been persistent rumors about Microsoft's interest in Bungie, so I wouldn't rule it out either way https://twitter.com/...
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@doctor_cupcakes
Liam Robertson
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This is astoundingly sycophantic, tone deaf, and in bad taste. Kotick gets zero pushback from them as he bullshits his way through this softball interview with a journo who is clearly more concerned with Call of Duty than the state of Activision. https://twitter.com/... https://t…
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@satyanadella
Satya Nadella
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Together with @ATVI_AB, we will usher in a new era of gaming that puts players and creators first and makes gaming safe, inclusive, and accessible to all. https://news.microsoft.com/...
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@geronimo_73_
Roberto Serrano
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Bobby Kotick interview: Why Activision Blizzard did the deal with Microsoft - Conversations over many years with Nadella and Spencer: starting to acquire 45% premium over the stock price - Last CoD perform, DFEH filing, WSJ articles affected the stock > https://venturebeat.com/..…
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@ethangach
@ethangach
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In a new interview Kotick says he knows Spencer really well and they have a great relationship. https://venturebeat.com/... https://twitter.com/...
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@gerritd
Gerrit De Vynck
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wild interview with Activision Blizzard CEO where he just completely capitulates to the fact that no one, not even the biggest independent video game company in the world, can hope to compete with Big Tech https://venturebeat.com/...
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@eden_holdings
Eden
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“We realized the pipeline for talent — we just didn't have it. And we needed to have access to somebody's pipeline of talent. And that was a big consideration.” https://venturebeat.com/...
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@apzonerunner
Alex Donaldson
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I wouldn't give this interview traffic, but rest assured it is some breathtakingly spineless bootlicking of the highest order https://twitter.com/...
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@firstadopter
Tae Kim
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There it is. On poor Call of Duty Vanguard sales from CEO Bobby Kotick himself: “I think people started to see that this year's Call of Duty wasn't performing as well.” https://venturebeat.com/...
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@ethangach
@ethangach
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This is a truly stunning interview on so many levels https://venturebeat.com/... https://twitter.com/...
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@dkdynamite1
@dkdynamite1
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There's actually no way this is real.. right? what in the actual.. https://twitter.com/...
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@joshgamnchannel
@joshgamnchannel
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What a scumbag! “Let's buy a gaming news publication so we can print lies about ourselves and pretend everything is fine and that we don't sexually harass our employees!” https://twitter.com/...
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@triforcemeg
Meg Bethany Koepp
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Instead of trying to buy out publications to stop them reporting on all the insidious goings on at your shitty company, how about you put as much effort into stopping harassment in the workplace and treating your employees like human beings https://twitter.com/...
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@tieguytravis
@tieguytravis
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I have a friend whose first day at Activision was this past Monday. He left his job at Microsoft for the position.
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@wario64
@wario64
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“Mr. Kotick has been eager to change the public narrative about the company, and in recent weeks has suggested Activision Blizzard make some kind of acquisition, including of gaming-trade publications like Kotaku and PC Gamer” https://www.wsj.com/... https://twitter.com/...
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@kellen_browning
Kellen Browning
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I'm sorry, is this saying Bobby Kotick thought he could shift the narrative around Activision by...buying Kotaku? https://www.wsj.com/... https://twitter.com/...