Entertainment: Microsoft bets on the metaversum - 70 billion dollars for game company

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© Microsoft It is by far the biggest deal in the industry at all. Demand for video games has increased significantly since the beginning of the Corona Pandemic because of the widespread Lockdowns. Microsoft, which offers the game console XBOX, rises by the acquisition to the world's third-largest computer game concentration on behind the Asian Rivals Tencent and Sony with the PlayStation. "Gaming is the most dynamic and exciting category in the entertainment industry and will play a key role in the development of metaverse platforms," ​​said Microsoft-Boss Satya Nadella on Tuesday. The "metaver" is seen by IT experts as a future of the internet. It stands for a virtual 3-D room in which all participants are networked to exchange, act and play with virtual reality glasses on the smartphone or computer. Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg invests billions in the business and has recently renamed his group in Meta Platforms. Microsoft hopes for ACTIVISION Blizzard a greater impact power of its Xbox games platform. The company has 400 million active users, which could potentially be obtained for other platforms at Microsoft. In recent years, the IT Group from the Silicon Valley had already spent a billion for the acquisition of video game companies and bought the "Minecraft" developer Mojang Studios. In the industry is currently a lot in motion: a few days ago, the Activision competitor Take-Two Interactive announced, to swallow the "Farmville" creator Zynga for around eleven billion dollars. © Reuters

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for Activision Blizzard offers Microsoft $ 95 per share, which corresponds to a surcharge of 45 percent to the closing price from Friday. The Activision shares shot at Wall Street by more than 30 percent. Even in Europe, titles of game developers such as Ubisoft, Frontier and Paradox increased. According to dealers, it is speculated on which the next takeover candidate is. Analysts of MIDCAP Partners designated the project of Microsoft as "a crazy thing". Aktien Analyst David Wagner from the asset manager Aptus Capital Advisors said, with the deal start the "metaver wet race". He assumes that the transaction will be completed successfully. The competition authorities would certainly take the project exactly with the microscope. Activision Blizzard has been the focus of a sexism scandal for some time. The stock has lost more than a third since last year. In the course of investigations, 37 employees were released, 44 more received warnings from the company. Also Activision boss Bobby Kotick is therefore in criticism. He wants to continue the business. Microsoft Boss Nadella did not want to explicitly comment on the investigation. He spoke in a conference call with analysts but over the general importance of corporate culture. "It is crucial for Activision Blizzard to drive his re-cultural commitment. The success of this takeover will depend on it." RTR