Microsoft Has Finalized the Acquisition of Activision Blizzard King – TouchArcade

Back in January final 12 months, Microsoft introduced its intent to accumulate Activision Blizzard King. Since then, there was a protracted battle with regulators, and the deal has lastly been accomplished with immediately’s announcement from Xbox head Phil Spencer. With this acquisition, the likes of Spyro, Crash, Candy Crush, Call of Duty, and extra at the moment are underneath Xbox. The announcement goes on to say that gamers will probably be welcome regardless of the place they play these video games “even when Xbox isn’t the place you play your favourite franchise.” Work will start on bringing the video games from Activision Blizzard and King to Game Pass and different platforms. You can watch a brand new video Xbox put collectively for this announcement beneath:

With the announcement, I’m curious to see what we see first from this acquisition in phrases of cell output. We are already getting Call of Duty Warzone Mobile and we’re additionally seeing Diablo 4 hit Steam subsequent week. Phil Spencer goes on to say that extra particulars will probably be revealed in the coming months. So far, Bethesda underneath Microsoft remains to be doing its personal publishing, PR, and advertising. I’m to see if the similar holds true for King’s properties and no matter we see from Activision and Blizzard on cell. What do you suppose of this acquisition and the way it will have an effect on the writer’s output on cell?