This is the astronomical sum for which Microsoft has just bought Activision Blizzard. This is the biggest acquisition in the video game industry but also on the part of Microsoft . Activision being a major player in the gaming industry with more than 400 million monthly players, its acquisition by the tech giant seemed like an obvious choice to be able to enrich the XBOX Game Pass, the new cloud gaming platform. The acquisition of Activision Blizzard would also have a strategic role to play in the development of the metaverse, as announced by Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella : “ Video games will play a key role in the development of metaverse platforms ” and he intends to take advantage of this.
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