“At a high level for Microsoft, getting a lot more content from Activision Blizzard…is a game changer.” A new gaming giantĪctivision Blizzard is the largest game publisher in North America.

“I think it's very clear now that Microsoft, as a company, views gaming as a really important part of what the company does overall,” IDC research director of AR/VR and Gaming at IDC told Yahoo Finance. And if the acquisition moves forward, Microsoft could dramatically alter the landscape of the gaming industry, ranging from the home console market to mobile gaming and the still-nascent cloud gaming industry. While the FTC is appealing US District Judge Jaqueline Scott Corley’s ruling to the Ninth Circuit Court, the momentum is increasingly moving in Microsoft’s favor. Microsoft’s ( MSFT) win against the Federal Trade Commission in its attempt to block its $69 billion purchase of “Call of Duty” maker Activision Blizzard ( ATVI) could clear the way for the company to move forward with the largest deal in gaming history.

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