Microsoft, one of the large conglomerates, has further established its gaming presence by looking to acquire gaming company, Activision Blizzard. 

When the transaction is finalized, it will: 

• Make Microsoft the world's third-largest gaming company, competing behind Sony and Tencent
• Integrate Activision Blizzard games into their Game Pass with over 25 million subscribers 
• Increase their customer base with Activision Blizzard's nearly 400 million monthly active players in 190 countries

Latest JobsPost Job

Founder's Associate

Brickwise

England,

Full Time

USD 35000 — USD 60000 yearly

Full-Stack AI Engineer

Kivo Health

Washington,

Full Time

USD 130000 — USD 180000 yearly

Field Marketing Manager - APAC & META Markets

Cyble

Full Time

USD 70000 — USD 100000 yearly

Robotics Controls Engineer

Andromeda Surgical

California,

Full Time

USD 150000 — USD 250000 yearly

Founding Account Executive (Senior – US)

Roger

Texas,

Full Time

USD 100000 — USD 130000 yearly

Staff Software Engineer

Stream

California,

Full Time

USD 210000 — USD 265000 yearly

Founding Ops & Growth

Bloom

Zurich,

Full Time

USD 70000 — USD 150000 yearly

Designteer

Hyprnote

Full Time

USD 80000 — USD 120000 yearly

Operations

Metis

California,

Full Time

USD 80000 — USD 450000 yearly

Founding Forward Deployed Engineer

Dataland

New York,

Full Time

USD 150000 — USD 400000 yearly

Founding GTM lead

JustAI

California,

Full Time

USD 60000 — USD 150000 yearly

Quarter 1 2026 Robotics Hardware Intern

Yondu

California,

Internship

USD 4000 — USD 10000 yearly

Account Executive (Audit Background)

Midship

California,

Full Time

USD 200000 — USD 250000 yearly

Design Engineer

Empirical Health

New York,

Full Time

USD 140000 — USD 260000 yearly

Sales Development Representative

Ergo

California,

Full Time

USD 85000 — USD 105000 yearly

Backend Developer (Golang)

Hapi

Full Time

USD 750 — USD 2500 yearly

Carrier Sales Representative

Oway

California,

Full Time

USD 80000 — USD 150000 yearly

Senior Account Executive - Defense

Jiga

Full Time

USD 130 — USD 200 yearly

Growth BDR

Truewind

California,

Full Time

USD 60000 — USD 80000 yearly

Customer Experience Associate

Shepherd

California,

Full Time

USD 90000 — USD 124998 yearly

This acquisition could allow Microsoft to gain access to major gaming franchises from Activision, Blizzard, and King studios such as:

• Warcraft 
• Diablo 
• Overwatch 
• Call of Duty 
• Candy Crush 

Future management of Activision Blizzard would be placed under Phil Spencer, CEO of Microsoft Gaming.

Why this matters: 

• Over 3 billion people are playing games, with expected growth to US$4.5 billion by 2030
• The gaming industry is worth US$200 billion with promising future growth 
•  51% of U.S. players spend more than 7 hours per week playing across various consoles