[AF_Blue]

I'm surprised MS has taken this long to establish or acquire a PC gaming line. Activision Blizzard is of interest to me because one of the original PC gaming software companies, Sierra On-Line, was (eventually) merged with Activision Blizzard in 2008. Activision was one of the original developers for the Atari 2600 console. The Warcraft, Starcraft, and Diablo franchises were developed by Blizzard.

[moovova]

OK...I was starting to panic until I realized this wasn't about the Dairy Queen Blizzard...

[kanawa]

We’ll see what happens but as the final paragraph states...

“Also, there’s no guarantee that Microsoft will successfully purchase Activision Blizzard.
Microsoft is already one of the biggest names in gaming and may come under scrutiny from regulators,
who are currently fighting over anti-trust bills that may change how big tech companies operate.”

[kanawa]

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[TalonDJ]

“I’m surprised MS has taken this long to establish or acquire a PC gaming line.”

They did that ages ago when they acquired Bungie to get the Halo franchise. But then they focused them on the Xbox mainly.

[dragonblustar]

Elder Scrolls, Minecraft and World of Warcraft…. Microlimp is taking over the gaming.