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Activision Blizzard

King Digital Entertainment is a social games development company. King develops games for the web, for mobile (iOS, Android, Windows Phone), Facebook, and Windows 10. King gained fame after releasing the cross-platform title Candy Crush Saga in 2012, considered the first successful game utilizing the freemium model. King was acquired by Activision Blizzard in February 2016 for $5.9 billion, and operates as its own entity within that company.

King Digital Entertainment

Activision is an American interactive entertainment company. Headquartered in Santa Monica, California and founded in 2008 through the merger of Vivendi Games and Activision, the company is traded on the NASDAQ stock exchange under the ticker symbol NASDAQ: ATVI, and since 2015 has been one of the stocks that make up the S&P 500. Activision Blizzard currently includes five business units: Activision, Blizzard Entertainment, Major League Gaming, Activision Blizzard Studios, and King Digital Entertainment.  Some of their popular games include: World of Warcraft, StarCraft, Diablo, Hearthstone, Heroes of the Storm, Overwatch, Call of Duty,  kylanders, Destiny, Candy Crush Saga, Candy Crush Soda Saga, Candy Crush Jelly Saga, Farm Heroes Saga, Pet Rescue and Bubble Witch.

Major League Gaming is a professional eSports organization. MLG is headquartered in New York City, New York and was founded in 2002 by Sundance DiGiovanni and Mike Sepso. MLG has held official video game tournaments throughout the United States and Canada. The Boost Mobile MLG Pro Circuit was a television broadcast of Halo 2 MLG tournaments in 2006 and 2007, ESPN.com, and other broadband sites. The company has also been involved in television production, and game development. MLG's aim is to elevate computer and console game tournaments to viable competitive and spectator events.

Major League Gaming

Activision Blizzard’s mission is to connect and engage the world through epic entertainment. One of the successful interactive entertainment companies, its franchises include popular games like Call of Duty®, Warcraft® (Warcraft®, World of Warcraft®, Hearthstone®), Overwatch®, Diablo®, StarCraft®, Candy Crush™, Crash Bandicoot™, Guitar Hero®, Tony Hawk's™ Pro Skater™, Bubble Witch™, Pet Rescue™, Farm Heroes™, and Spyro™. Through these franchises, the company reaches more than 400 million players across 190 countries.   Activision Blizzard’s business units and development studios include Activision Publishing, Blizzard Entertainment, King Games, Infinity Ward, Raven Software, Sledgehammer Games, Treyarch Studios, Beenox, Demonware, High Moon Studios, and Toys for Bob.   The company supports corporate social responsibility initiatives that are directly tied to its franchises. As an example, the Call of Duty Endowment has helped find employment for over 100,000 veterans.   Bobby Kotick currently serves as Chief Executive Officer of Activision Blizzard. He became CEO of Activision in 1991 after purchasing a company stake the previous year. Kotick engineered a merger between Activision and Vivendi Games during the late 2000s, which led to the creation of Activision Blizzard in 2008 and his being named the company's inaugural CEO.   Activision Blizzard is a member of the Fortune 500 and the S&P 500. Activision Blizzard has been recognized as one of FORTUNE magazine's “100 Best Companies To Work For''.

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Electronic Arts

Nintendo

The modern Nintendo isn't the Nintendo of old, but it's certainly valued like it is. Electronic Arts has durable titles that continue to grow its sales each year.

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Microsoft

From the start, Microsoft's hearing against the US Federal Trade Commission was going to be interesting to anyone who follows the business end of the games industry.

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SAN FRANCISCO — The fate of what could be the priciest merger in tech industry history is now in the hands of a federal judge who must decide whether to stop Microsoft from closing its deal to buy videogame company Activision Blizzard.

‘All of this is for a shooter videogame': Fate of Microsoft-Activision deal now in judge's hands

The fate of what could be the priciest merger in tech industry history will soon be in the hands of a federal judge who must decide whether to stop Microsoft from closing its deal to buy video game company Activision Blizzard.

Microsoft makes final case for Activision Blizzard deal as federal judge decides whether to block it

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella told a judge Wednesday that his company's proposed $69 billion takeover of video game-maker Activision Blizzard will be good for the gaming industry, remarks that came as he defended the deal against an attempt by federal regulators to block it.

Microsoft CEO Nadella tells a judge his planned Activision takeover is good for gaming

SAN FRANCISCO — Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella told a judge Wednesday that his company's proposed $69 billion takeover of videogame-maker Activision Blizzard will be good for the gaming industry, remarks that came as he defended the deal against an attempt by federal regulators to block it.

Microsoft CEO claims Activision deal would be good for gaming industry

Scott Corley will decide whether Microsoft must hold off on consummating the deal to give the FTC more time to evaluate its antitrust merits, according to AP.

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In federal court, Satya Nadella and Bobby Kotick opposed an attempt by the F.T.C. to delay Microsoft's $70 billion acquisition of a video game giant.

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Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick was in court Wednesday defending Microsoft's proposed $69 billion takeover of his video game company against an attempt by federal regulators to block the deal.

Activision Blizzard's CEO Bobby Kotick defends Microsoft's planned takeover of the video game-maker

Activision Blizzard Inc.'s ATVI, -0.47% chief executive promised Wednesday that the company's “Call of Duty” franchise will remain available to Sony Corp. SONY, +1.50% PlayStation users should the videogame publisher's acquisition by Microsoft Corp. MSFT, -0.05% get a green light from a federal judge. At a third day of evidentiary hearings into the $69 billion acquisition Wednesday, Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick said the company would alienate gamers and harm its reputation if it made the popular franchise exclusive to Microsoft's Xbox console.

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Sony

The company's popular Call of Duty franchise will remain available for PlayStation if the company is acquired by Microsoft, Activision's chief told a hearing that could decide the fate of the $75 billion deal.

Activision Says It Won't Withhold Call of Duty From Sony

Microsoft's $69 billion plan to acquire video game maker Activision Blizzard has been approved in Europe but U.K. and American regulators are still wary of the merger.

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Sony Group Corp (NYSE:SONY) executive James Ryan has made it clear that the Japanese gaming giant will not stop in its fight to block Microsoft's US$69bn acquisition of rival Activision Blizzard. In a video deposition played in the San Francisco courts on Tuesday, Ryan warned the deal would result in a "degraded" experience for PlayStation gamers.

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Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella is due in court Wednesday to defend the company's proposed $69 billion takeover of video game maker Activision Blizzard against an attempt by federal regulators to block the deal.

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella to defend planned takeover of game-maker Activision Blizzard in court

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Since the back end of last year, video game stocks, as tracked by the VanEck Video Gaming and eSports ETF NASDAQ: ESPO, have been undergoing something of a resurgence. Having hit an all-time high in February 2021 as the pandemic inspired more and more housebound people to pick up or buy a controller, the good times understandably couldn't keep going forever as COVID receded.

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Shares of Microsoft Corp. NASDAQ: MSFT declined 1.92% on June 26, more than the broader market, while Activision Blizzard Inc. NASDAQ: ATVI rose 1.83%. The S&P 500 declined 0.41% in the session.

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Video game publisher Activision Blizzard Inc. NASDAQ: ATVI is enjoying unprecedented success with its Diablo IV video game release on June 6, 2023. It has been the fastest-selling videogame in Blizzard's history, raking in $666 million in the first five days.

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Activision Blizzard has managed to maintain a five-year average revenue growth rate of 2.5% despite facing strong competition and evolving consumer preferences. The company's acquisition by Microsoft in May 2023 is expected to drive growth, with revenues for 2023 projected to reach $9.5 billion, an 11.9% increase from 2022. ATVI is working to improve its ESG impact, with plans to increase employee relations support, promote diversity and inclusion, and achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2050.

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Microsoft has been eager to grow in mobile gaming to stay relevant with consumers, and previously had talks about acquiring Zynga.

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The Federal Trade Commission faced Microsoft in a San Francisco courtroom on Thursday to explain why the company's $69 billion takeover of Activision Blizzard should be blocked.

FTC argues why Microsoft's deal to buy Activision should be blocked

Today marked the first of a five-day court session that pits Microsoft against the US Federal Trade Commission, in the latest in a series of legal maneuverings over Microsoft's proposed $69 billion acquisition of video game developer Activision Blizzard.

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A five-day hearing over Microsoft's $70 billion acquisition, which the Federal Trade Commission hopes to block, began Thursday in federal court.

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Microsoft Corp. MSFT, +1.00% and Activision Blizzard Inc. ATVI, +0.69% have their day in court Thursday as a federal judge decides whether to uphold the Federal Trade Commission's injunction of the $69 billion videogame publisher acquisition. At 8:30 am Pacific time, U.S. District Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley will begin an evidentiary hearing in San Francisco.

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Microsoft and the video game giant Activision Blizzard will face off Thursday against the US government in a high-stakes battle over one of the largest technology acquisitions in history.

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