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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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Microsoft

Activision Blizzard Inc (NASDAQ: ATVI) ended more than 5.0% up on Friday after the Competition and Markets Authority of the United Kingdom eased its stance on the company's pending merger with Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT).

U.K. CMA eases stance on pending Microsoft-Activision merger

The stock market and Dow Jones shrugged off a Fed decision and bank fears to end the week higher. But reasons for caution remain.

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Activision increased the representation of women and non-binary by 2 percentage points from November 2021 to December 2022, according to data shared with CNBC.

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The watchdog is still investigating the deal's impact on the cloud computing market and plans to issue a final report by April 26.

Activision shares jump after UK narrows probe of $69B Microsoft deal

Britain's competition watchdog has provisionally dropped concerns that Microsoft's proposed takeover of Activision Blizzard would damage the UK console gaming market.

Microsoft's £56bn Activision Blizzard takeover moves closer as watchdog drops concerns

There's positive news for both Activision Blizzard (NASDAQ: ATVI ) and Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT ) today. Regulators in Britain determined that Microsoft's potential $69 billion buyout of Activision wouldn't cause harm to competition in the gaming console market.

ATVI Stock Pops as U.K. Eases Up on Microsoft-Activision Deal

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Microsoft's $69-billion takeover bid for US video game giant Activision Blizzard scored a victory on Friday as Britain's competition regulator narrowed the scope of its probe to cloud gaming.

Microsoft's Activision bid gets a boost in UK

Markets moved lower early Friday as investors remained concerned about the state of the global banking system. U.K. regulators made some positive comments about the potential impact of the Microsoft acquisition of Activision Blizzard on competition.

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The UK's competition regulator no longer believes that Microsoft's proposed $68.7bln takeover of Activision Blizzard will harm the country's console gaming market. In a statement, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said it has reached the provisional conclusion that “overall, the transaction will not result in a substantial lessening of competition in relation to console gaming in the UK.

Microsoft's Activision takeover will not harm console gaming, UK competition regulator says

Regulators are no longer concerned the compay might pull Call of Duty from rivals such as Sony, reducing competion in the market for game consoles.

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The UK's antitrust watchdog has narrowed its probe of Microsoft's $68.7 billion bid for video game giant, Activision Blizzard, it said today. In February, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) provisionally concluded the merger “could harm U.K. gamers” through higher prices, fewer choices, or less innovation.

UK narrows antitrust probe of Microsoft-Activision

Activision Blizzard Inc. stock ATVI, +1.32% is up about 5% in premarket trades after the U.K.'s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said it remains on course for completing it review of the video game company's proposed acquisition by Microsoft Corp. MSFT, +1.97% by the end of April. “We have now provisionally concluded that the merger will not result in a substantial lessening of competition in console gaming services because the cost to Microsoft of withholding Call of Duty from PlayStation would outweigh any gains from taking such action,” said Martin Coleman, chair of the independent panel of experts that's reviewing the deal for the CMA.

Activision stock rises as U.K. regulator reduces concerns with Microsoft acquisition

Britain's regulator said it no longer believed that Microsoft's $69-billion purchase of "Call of Duty" maker Activision Blizzard would harm competition in relation to the supply of gaming consoles, but its other concerns remain.

UK regulator drops some competition concerns in Microsoft-Activision deal

Activision Blizzard failed to increase its representation of women in the first quarter of 2022, according to a diversity report it released Thursday.

Activision fails to increase representation of women as it faces 2025 goal

SANTA MONICA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Activision Blizzard today released its first annual Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DE&I) Look-Back, which shares new and expanded data on diverse representation within the company's employee population. The Look-Back also highlights how investing in DE&I across its people, business, and community has become an integral part of Activision Blizzard's business.

Activision Blizzard Releases Inaugural Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Look-Back

SANTA MONICA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Crash Bandicoot™ and his team are back in an all-new spin on Crash™ with a 4v4 team-based multiplayer unlike anything fans have seen before! In development by Toys For Bob™ and published by Activision Publishing, Inc. (NASDAQ: ATVI), Crash Team Rumble is expected to launch on June 20, 2023. Starting today, fans can pre-order Crash Team Rumble to receive access to the Closed Beta*, scheduled to take place April 20-24.

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Microsoft Corp on Monday won dismissal of a private consumer antitrust lawsuit over its $69 billion proposed purchase of "Call of Duty" maker Activision Blizzard Inc , but the plaintiffs were given 20 days to refine their legal challenge.

Microsoft wins dismissal of gamers' suit over $69 bln Activision deal

Microsoft said on Friday that it has offered formal commitments to the EU in its bid to persuade the bloc to approve its $69-billion takeover of video game giant Activision Blizzard.

Microsoft seeks EU nod for Activision Blizzard bid with new offer

Microsoft Corp has offered remedies in an attempt to gain EU antitrust approval for its $69 billion acquisition of Activision , a European Commission filing showed on Friday.

Microsoft offers EU remedies seeking OK on Activision deal

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President Brad Smith said he expects more such agreements to follow as the software giant pushes to convince regulators to approve its planned $75 billion acquisition of the videogame franchise's owner, Activision Blizzard.

Microsoft Signs Third 'Call of Duty' Deal as It Seeks Approval to Buy Activision Blizzard

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NEW YORK , March 13, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Pomerantz LLP is investigating claims on behalf of investors of Activision Blizzard, Inc. ("Activision" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: ATVI). Such investors are advised to contact Robert S.

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Microsoft Corp. proposed a series of licenses that would allow wide availability of Activision Blizzard Inc. games to be available for at least a decade in a bid to get U.K. regulators to sign off on its $69 billion acquisition of the videogame publisher.

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