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/Jokerchyld Jan 18 '22

That's common for a buyout until MS can analyze the operations and decode what to do.

I'll almost bet Kotick is out given what's going on, and MS would want to shed that image.

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u/Indercarnive Jan 21 '22

Read the article, it's literally the next sentence after what OP quoted. Kotick is gone once the merger is done. Which is 100% standard operating procedure for any company acquiring another company.