--- title: Microsoft to Buy Activision Blizzard for $68.7 billion description: Microsoft announced they decided to acquire Activision Blizzard, the publisher of Call of Duty, World of Warcraft, and Diablo. The company also announced plans... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/microsoft-to-buy-activision-blizzard-for-68-7-billion-a4134mbuq twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Microsoft to Buy Activision Blizzard for $68.7 billion | daily.dev og:description: Microsoft announced they decided to acquire Activision Blizzard, the publisher of Call of Duty, World of Warcraft, and Diablo. The company also announced plans... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/microsoft-to-buy-activision-blizzard-for-68-7-billion-a4134mbuq og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/a4134mBuq.png og:image:alt: Microsoft to Buy Activision Blizzard for $68.7 billion og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Microsoft to Buy Activision Blizzard for $68.7 billion **[80 LEVEL](https://daily.dev/sources/80lv)** · 1 min read · 156 upvotes · 18 comments ## Summary Microsoft announced they decided to acquire Activision Blizzard, the publisher of Call of Duty, World of Warcraft, and Diablo. The company also announced plans to add Activision’s games to Xbox Game Pass. Microsoft notes it will be the "third-largest gaming company by revenue, behind Tencent and Sony" when the deal is closed. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@arklev** · 5 upvotes > I guess getting Bethesda wasn't the end in Microsoft quest for gaming industry domination. **@aleonrangel** · 3 upvotes > totally insane. The amount of money in there. People please think. This mega-corporation is manipulating and stealing your time!!!! > I am not buying an xbox anymore... **@hanswurst** · 3 upvotes > oh no **@gabrielderodrig** · 3 upvotes > Just waiting for Wow and Call of duty **@mortr0n** · 3 upvotes > I can't wait to get Diablo 4 on GamePass day 1 now!  I think this was for the best considering how Blizzard was going. ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Don’t just attend KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon, Merge Forward your experience\!](https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-just-attend-kubecon-cloudnativecon-merge-forward-your-experience--l0rpp73x8) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Announcing H2 2026 KCDs](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-h2-2026-kcds-m96goajm1) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Two months of Open Community Groups](https://daily.dev/posts/two-months-of-open-community-groups-asf52zhbs) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#tech-news](https://daily.dev/tags/tech-news), [#microsoft](https://daily.dev/tags/microsoft), [#gaming](https://daily.dev/tags/gaming) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/microsoft-to-buy-activision-blizzard-for-68-7-billion-a4134mbuq) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Microsoft to Buy Activision Blizzard for $68.7 billion","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/microsoft-to-buy-activision-blizzard-for-68-7-billion-a4134mbuq","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/microsoft-to-buy-activision-blizzard-for-68-7-billion-a4134mbuq"},"datePublished":"2022-01-18T14:28:15.699Z","dateModified":"2022-01-18T14:28:15.708Z","description":"Microsoft announced they decided to acquire Activision Blizzard, the publisher of Call of Duty, World of Warcraft, and Diablo. 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The amount of money in there. People please think. This mega-corporation is manipulating and stealing your time!!!\nI am not buying an xbox anymore…","datePublished":"2022-01-21T08:59:04.161Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/a4134mBuq#c-GtF1eUlVj","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Andres Leon Rangel","url":"https://daily.dev/aleonrangel","image":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2084646?v=4"},"interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":3}},{"@type":"Comment","text":"oh no","datePublished":"2022-01-18T14:52:15.369Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/a4134mBuq#c-AyMP8s5sr","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"DWCF","url":"https://daily.dev/hanswurst","image":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/92979467?v=4"},"interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":3}},{"@type":"Comment","text":"Just waiting for Wow and Call of duty","datePublished":"2022-01-18T17:26:25.846Z","dateModified":"2022-01-18T17:26:39.120Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/a4134mBuq#c-3rEC56Y4r","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Gabriel Oliveira de Lima Rodrigues","url":"https://daily.dev/gabrielderodrig","image":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/56936740?v=4"},"interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":3}},{"@type":"Comment","text":"I can’t wait to get Diablo 4 on GamePass day 1 now!  I think this was for the best considering how Blizzard was going.","datePublished":"2022-01-18T21:47:43.853Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/a4134mBuq#c-asrhgHUPa","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Chris Morton","url":"https://daily.dev/mortr0n","image":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/36178986?v=4"},"interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":3}}]} ```