{"id":32770,"date":"2022-01-18T15:27:04","date_gmt":"2022-01-18T15:27:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=32770"},"modified":"2022-01-18T15:27:04","modified_gmt":"2022-01-18T15:27:04","slug":"microsoft-buys-activision-blizzard-for-us69-billion-in-its-biggest-acquisition-to-create-the-worlds-third-largest-gaming-company","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=32770","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft buys Activision Blizzard for US$69 billion in its biggest acquisition to create the world\u2019s third-largest gaming company"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Tech &#8211; South China Morning PostMicrosoft said it\u2019s buying Activision Blizzard in a US$68.7 billion deal, uniting two of the biggest forces in video games to create the world\u2019s third-biggest gaming company.In its largest purchase ever, Microsoft will pay US$95 A share in cash for one of the most legendary gaming publishers, known for titles like Call of Duty and World of Warcraft but which is also grappling with a cultural upheaval over its treatment of women.Activision Chief Executive Officer Bobby Kotick will continue to\u2026<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/business\/article\/3163869\/microsoft-buys-activision-blizzard-us69-billion-its-biggest-acquisition?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Tech &#8211; South China Morning PostMicrosoft said it\u2019s buying Activision Blizzard in a US$68.7 billion deal, uniting two of the biggest forces in video games to create the world\u2019s&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":32771,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32770"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=32770"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32770\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/32771"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=32770"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=32770"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=32770"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}