Microsoft started the year 2022 with a big move, closing the purchase of the company Activision Blizzard for an amount close to ** billion U.S. dollars, thus surpassing LinkedIn, which until now held the top position in the ranking of the company's most expensive acquisitions. With this operation, Microsoft hopes to consolidate itself in the metaverse industry focused on video games. Activision has famous titles such as Warcraft, Diablo, Overwatch, Call of Duty, and Candy Crush, in addition to being one of the main players in the Major League Gaming.
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