A $68.7 billion deal brings Call of Duty, Overwatch, and Diablo to Xbox Game Pass Activision Blizzard, the company behind billion-dollar franchises like Call of Duty and Warcraft, immensely popular PC staples like Diablo and Overwatch and, oh yeah, mobile gaming behemoth King and its Candy Crush empire, will be sold to Xbox maker Microsoft for $68.7 billion.
The two companies announced the deal, which still must face government regulators and an 18-month closing process, on Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2022.
This has enormous ramifications for the video game industry, not least in how it concentrates some of the biggest selling names in console gaming under the roof of one of those console makers.