{"id":11915,"date":"2022-01-19T12:04:00","date_gmt":"2022-01-19T19:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/BigJimIndustries.com\/wordpress\/?p=11915"},"modified":"2022-02-05T12:06:45","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T19:06:45","slug":"microsoft-blizzard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/2022\/01\/19\/microsoft-blizzard\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft Blizzard"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/observer.com\/2022\/01\/microsoft-to-purchase-activision-blizzard-for-68-7-billion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">from The Observer<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"microsoft-to-purchase-activision-blizzard-for-68-7-billion\">Microsoft to Purchase Activision Blizzard for $68.7 Billion<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"microsoft-says-the-acquisition-will-help-provide-building-blocks-for-the-metaverse\">Microsoft says the acquisition will help \u201cprovide building blocks for the metaverse.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/observer.com\/author\/isabella-simonetti\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Isabella Simonetti<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/observer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-1235407620.jpg?quality=80\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1306273\"\/><figcaption><em>Activision is currently implicated in a workplace sexual misconduct scandal.\u00a0(Photo by Jakub Porzycki\/NurPhoto via Getty Images)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>IGN initially reported that Kotick would remain as Activision Blizzard CEO, but has updated their story to say that Kotick\u2019s future at the company remains unclear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Microsoft has agreed to buy video game giant Activision Blizzard in an all-cash deal for $68.7 billion, further propelling the company\u2019s expansion into the metaverse.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Activision is home to some of the world\u2019s most popular video games including the Call of Duty franchise and Candy Crush. For Microsoft, which owns the gaming and console-maker XBox, the deal, if completed, will represent its largest acquisition in history.\u00a0<em>The Wall Street Journal<\/em>\u00a0first reported the news.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[ <a href=\"https:\/\/observer.com\/2022\/01\/microsoft-to-purchase-activision-blizzard-for-68-7-billion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">click to continue reading at The Observer<\/a> ]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>from The Observer Microsoft to Purchase Activision Blizzard for $68.7 Billion Microsoft says the acquisition will help \u201cprovide building blocks for the metaverse.&#8221; By\u00a0Isabella Simonetti IGN initially reported that Kotick would remain as Activision Blizzard CEO, but has updated their story to say that Kotick\u2019s future at the company remains unclear. Microsoft has agreed to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11915","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-culture-art"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11915","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/26"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11915"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11915\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11915"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11915"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11915"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}