Microsoft Buy Activision.

The company has actually been functioning as a programmer of computer and video clip games since 1991 as well as established themselves with video games such as the Unreal and also Gears-of-War collection, as well as the Battle-Royale shooter Fortnite. Due to the licensing and more development of the internal Unreal Engine, a growth software for computer games, Impressive Games today is one of the leading carriers in the area of game engines.

Microsoft has purchased Activision-Blizzard, as explained by a statement on its official website. The information has originally come out of the hand Wall Street Journal. This has been informed by Jason Schrader, Bloomberg's journalist — and responsible for numerous filtration and similar information in the past:

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Later, Microsoft itself has confirmed it on its official website. In this post we can read a statement explaining that the company responsible for IPS such as Call of Duty, Warcraft, Candy Crush, Tony Hawk, Diablo, Overwatch, Spiro, Hearthstone, Guitar Hero or Crash Bandicoot becomes part of Microsoft.

The sale has been closed by an agreement of 68,000 million dollars. For many years, the studios and teams that form Activision Blizzard have generated sources of happiness and respect for billions of people around the world, we are very excited to have the opportunity to work with the incredible, talented and dedicated Activision Publishing workers, Blizzard Entertainment, Been ox, Demon ware, Digital Legends, High Moon Studios, Infinity Ward, King, Major League Gaming, Radical Entertainment, Raven Software, Sledgehammer Games, Toys for Bob, Trey arch and all other Activision Blizzard teams.

The letter, signed by Phil Spencer, Xbox director, points out that the transaction is still complete, and until then, Activision Blizzard and Microsoft Gaming will operate independently. Once the agreement is closed, the company will answer before me as Director of Microsoft Gaming. Next, an organization chart of what will be the structure of the company from that moment is presented.

However, the official press release published by Microsoft adds an important detail: Bobby Kick will continue to be the director of Activision Blizzard, and he and his team will maintain his efforts to strengthen the work culture of the company and accelerate business growth. The only mention in all Microsoft communications to the elephant in the inevitable room: the precarious current situation of Activision-Blizzard.

Activision-Blizzard has been, throughout the year 2021, immersed in different cases and investigations due to discrimination, harassment and sexual aggression within the company. Last November, a report of the Wall Street Journal assured that Kick had been aware of the situation within the company, and not only had been a participant in it but had worked actively to cover it up.

Yesterday, we reported that since July 2021, Activision-Blizzard had dismissed almost forty employees for bad practices. In theory, these figures were going to be published before the Christmas holidays, but it was delayed its publication by direct orders from Kick, since the CEO of the company thought they could give the image that internal problems are worse than they looked like. The summary of the actions taken by Human Resources indicates that Activision has compiled around seven hundred complaints from its workers since July 2021.

On the other hand, Phil Spencer has recognized at other times the problem associated with business culture and situations of sexual harassment within Activision-Blizzard: without going further, last November Spencer said that the company had to reevaluate all Aspects of your relationship with Activision as a result of what happened. According to Bloomberg, Spencer explained to the Xbox employees that he and the company's board were disturbed by the terrifying events and actions in Activision Blizzard, and that this type of behavior does not take place in our industry.

It should be noted, finally, that the purchase will not be made effective until fiscal year 2023 — that is, starting on July 1 — and according to the regulations in force.