Microsoft buys the American giant video games Activision

This is the first mega-redemption of this beginning of the year in the world of video games. A simple Tweet of Satya Nadella, Microsoft's big boss, was enough to fire to the powders on the social network on Tuesday. The CEO of the American firm greeting a new era of video game. An announcement also hailed on the official account of Activision Blizzard which soberly emphasizes the Team Xbox.

This is the second magnitude acquisition by Microsoft of a video game giant, after the acquisition last year from Animal Media (Bethesda) for $8.1 billion. With Blizzard Activision (weakened in recent months by any more business), Microsoft integrates directly into its catalog of very lucrative licenses, like Call of Duty, from World of Warcraft, Diablo, Crash Bandicoot or the game Successful mobile Candy Crush Saga. In total, Activision Blizzard has more than 10,000 employees around the world, all studios combined.

one of the biggest purchases led by a GAFAM

By carrying out this financial operation, the course of the Activision Blizzard group jumped by 40% before the opening of the American stock market, with actions that reach records for society.

This is one of the biggest purchases made by one of the GAFAM in recent years.