Microsoft and Activision Blizzard lengthen merger settlement to October

Group,

Microsoft and Activision Blizzard stay optimistic that we’ll get our acquisition over the end line, so we now have collectively agreed to increase the merger settlement to October 18, 2023. Whereas we are able to technically shut in the USA as a result of latest authorized developments, this extension offers us extra time to resolve the remaining regulatory considerations within the UK.

I wish to thank everybody in your time and power in help of the regulatory course of and on all the good work coming to fruition for Xbox this 12 months. Gamers around the globe might be delighted with the unimaginable lineup of video games launching within the subsequent few months, together with Starfield and Forza Motorsport. It is usually nice to see the improbable work the ABK groups are delivering for his or her gamers with the profitable launch of Diablo IV and the continued efficiency of Name of Responsibility: Fashionable Warfare II, and we congratulate them on their accomplishments.

As we transfer even nearer to the end line, we’re extra excited than ever earlier than about furthering our mission to carry extra video games to extra gamers all over the place.

Phil

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