For $68.7 billion, technology giant Microsoft plans to purchase one of the biggest names in video game publishing — host to an embattled HR department that, by some accounts, has lost employees’ trust.
In its Jan. 18 announcement of the deal, Microsoft acknowledged the strategic utility of purchasing Activision Blizzard, the company behind three billion-dollar video game franchises, and folding it into Microsoft’s existing gaming footprint. That assumes all goes well ahead of the expected 2023 closing date.
