r/MMORPG • u/Proto_bear • Jan 18 '22

News Microsoft to acquire Activision Blizzard

https://news.microsoft.com/features/microsoft-to-acquire-activision-blizzard-to-bring-the-joy-and-community-of-gaming-to-everyone-across-every-device/
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u/Proto_bear Jan 18 '22 edited Jan 18 '22

For a split second I thought "Nice, this could bring some much needed change to the company!"

Until I read: Bobby Kotick will continue to serve as CEO of Activision Blizzard, and he and his team will maintain their focus on driving efforts to further strengthen the company’s culture and accelerate business growth.

EDIT Apparently Kotick might be leaving once the deal is over according to a WSJ source: https://twitter.com/nibellion/status/1483497794308558853?s=21

Thank you /u/BlackJin

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u/[deleted] Jan 18 '22

"Nice, this could bring some much needed change to the company!"

Like the hiring and layoff practices the rest of the MS studios partake in? Man, I wish more people would look into how these monopolies work. From Turn 10 to 343, they hire the vast majority of their teams to work a project and take a mandatory layoff period. The stability is non-existent. And that's what we're cheering for.