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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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Microsoft

Sony

Microsoft said it would license Activision Blizzard's "Call of Duty" (CoD) to Sony for 10 years to address concerns raised by Britain over its $69 billion takeover of the games maker, according to a document published by the regulator.

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Disney

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It has already reached an agreement with Nintendo and Nvidia to offer Call of Duty on their platform for the next decade, and it has offered a similar deal to Sony.

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Microsoft Corp. MSFT, +1.36% is expected to gain approval from European Union regulators for its $69 billion Activision Blizzard Inc. ATVI, +0.73% deal, Reuters reported Thursday afternoon. The EU regulators reportedly are satisfied with Microsoft's commitment to offering licensing deals to competitors.

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EU antitrust regulators are not expected to demand that Microsoft Corp sell assets to win approval for its $69 billion acquisition of Activision , with licensing deals likely to satisfy their concerns, three people familiar with the matter said.

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EU antitrust regulators have extended their deadline for a decision on Microsoft's $69 billion acquisition of "Call of Duty" maker Activision to April 25, according to a European Commission filing on Wednesday.

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"Call of Duty" maker Activision Blizzard Inc has been accused by a union of illegally firing two video game testers for using "strong language" in a protest at a new company policy that limits remote work.

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Blizzard's Diablo franchise often doesn't get as much attention as the rest, even though the last game cumulatively outsold every Call of Duty game except two. Additionally, the company is approaching Diablo IV with a unique strategy that will see the release of seasons roughly every quarter. This could extend lifetime earnings significantly.

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Nintendo

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NVIDIA

Representatives from Microsoft made their best case to European regulators Wednesday that its proposed US$69bn takeover of Activision Blizzard would increase competition rather than tilt the scales toward its flagship Xbox consoles.  To do that, Microsoft vice chair Brad Smith pointed repeatedly to the fact that Xbox was bringing Call of Duty, the widely popular Activision franchise, to millions more players than previously had access.

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Microsoft has thrown the gauntlet down over antitrust criticisms, saying on Tuesday it is ready to offer rivals licensing deals in exchange for regulatory approval of its $69 billion deal to purchase video game publisher Activision , but it would not to sell the latter's lucrative "Call of Duty" franchise.

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NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)---- $ATVI #atvi--Attorney Advertising -- Bronstein, Gewirtz & Grossman, LLC is investigating potential claims on behalf of investors of Activision Blizzard, Inc. (“Activision” or “the Company”) (NASDAQ: ATVI). Activision investors are encouraged to obtain additional information and assist the investigation by visiting the firm's site: www.bgandg.com/atvi. The investigation concerns whether Activision violated federal securities laws. On February 3, 2023, the U.S.

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Microsoft's Xbox video game division on Tuesday announced new partnerships with Nintendo and chipmaker Nvidia as it tries to persuade European regulators to approve its planned $68.7 billion takeover of game publishing giant Activision Blizzard.

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Britain earlier this month said the deal could harm gamers by weakening the rivalry between Xbox and PlayStation, resulting in higher prices.

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