Oct 17, 2023 6 min read

Here's how the Activision Blizzard Microsoft acquisition unfolded

Microsoft now own Activision Blizzard following a deal worth nearly $69 billion. Here's the timeline of how the acquisition went down.

Activision Blizzard and Xbox

Microsoft now own Activision Blizzard following a deal worth nearly $69 billion. Here's the timeline of how the acquisition went down.

Microsoft's mammoth acquisition of gaming giant Activision Blizzard is finally complete. The huge merger was first announced back in January of 2022, and now, nearly two years later, the close to $69 billion deal is complete — bolstering Xbox's gaming offering, bringing Call of Duty under Microsoft's wing, and ultimately changing the overall gaming landscape.

Here's how things played out:

A timeline of Microsoft's Activision Blizzard acquisition

2021

Activision Bizzard CEO Bobby Kotick
Longstanding Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick

2022

2023

Microsoft looks to seal the Activision deal by giving cloud gaming rights to Ubisoft
In an effort to appease the UK’s CMA Microsoft makes a bold move in giving Ubisoft future cloud streaming rights for Activision titles.

So that's it! After 633 long days since first being announced the deal is done.

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