Ownership record
Who owns Activision Blizzard?
Activision Blizzard is owned by Microsoft. The $68.7bn takeover closed in October 2023 after a two-year regulatory fight, making it the largest acquisition in the history of the games industry.
The short answer
- OwnerMicrosoft
- Owner isthe software and cloud company led by Satya Nadella
- Owned since2023
- Previous ownerActivision Blizzard public shareholders
- Reported consideration68,700,000,000 US dollars
- Assetthe publisher behind Call of Duty, Warcraft and Candy Crush
How the deal was structured
Regulators in the US and UK both moved to block the deal before Microsoft agreed to license Activision's cloud streaming rights to a third party. The studio now reports into Microsoft Gaming alongside Xbox Game Studios and ZeniMax.
On the money trail board this sits as a 2023 movement of $68.7B between Redmond and Santa Monica, sourced to Wikipedia. Open the full ledger entry.
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