call of duty, a multiplayer war game. it s one of the biggest and most profitable entertainment franchises in the world. made by us company activision blizzard, the studio which has 400 million people playing every month in 190 countries. and that kind of young fan base is one of the reasons that microsoft, now itself a veteran tech firm, have swooped paying over £50 billion for the company, the largest acquisition in gaming history. but why? more and more companies are looking at ways to either break into or expand their gaming strategies. even netflix is doing the same thing, where they have launched a gaming footprint specifically around mobile games. activision blizzard has been
the company which makes blockbuster video games such as call of duty and candy crush. the deal is worth almost $70 billion and reflects the soaring success of the gaming industry during lockdown. the bbc s gaming reporter steffan powell has more details. call of duty, a multiplayer war game. it s one of the biggest and most profitable entertainment franchises in the world. made by us company activision blizzard, the studio which has 400 million people playing every month in 190 countries. and that kind of young fan base is one of the reasons that microsoft, now itself a veteran tech firm, have swooped paying over £50 billion for the company, the largest acquisition in gaming history. but why? more and more companies
investigated by mi5 was able to fly to the united states, not declaring his criminal past, get into the us, spent a couple of weeks getting down to texas and acquiring a gun? it is frankly a miracle that nobody else was hurt in this frank gardner, many thanks. the biggest gaming deal in history is taking shape, as the technology giant microsoft says it plans to buy activision blizzard, the company which makes blockbuster video games such as call of duty and candy crush. the deal is worth £50 billion and reflects the soaring success of the gaming industry during lockdown. the bbc s gaming reporter steffan powell has more details. call of duty, a multiplayer war game, one of the biggest and most profitable entertainment franchises in the world. made by us company activision blizzard, the studio which has 400 million
to roll out, and we ve only just heard a decision. a lot of people looking at this, thinking why is this happening so soon to the deadline? and viewers on bbc world news will be able to hear more on that story in asia business report later this hour. the biggest gaming deal in history is taking shape as the technology giant microsoft says it will buy activision blizzard the company which makes blockbuster video games such as call of duty and candy crush. the deal is worth almost $70 billion. steffan powell reports. call of duty, a multiplayer war game. it s one of the biggest and most profitable entertainment franchises in the world. made by us company activision blizzard, the studio which has 400 million people playing
cla on so soon to the deadline? james clayton their so soon to the deadline? james clayton their reporting - so soon to the deadline? james clayton their reporting on - so soon to the deadline? james clayton their reporting on that i clayton their reporting on that story. and viewers on bbc world news will be able to hear more on that story in asia business report later this hour. the biggest gaming deal in history is taking shape as the technology giant microsoft says it will buy activision blizzard the company which makes blockbuster video games such as call of duty and candy crush. the deal is worth almost $70 billion. steffan powell reports. call of duty, a multiplayer war game. it s one of the biggest and most profitable entertainment franchises in the world. made by us company activision blizzard, the studio, which has 400 million people playing every month in 190 countries. and that kind of young fan base is one of the reasons that microsoft, now