Hoeg was also aware that jurisdictions outside of the WoTLK Gold are likely to weigh in on the deal , too and could be more likely to exert their own influence over the details of the deal. "While I'm not convinced that the whole deal is likely to be blocked by the US government, there could be divestitures or other demands that are made by these regulatory bodies that can make the deal look a bit different from what was announced today."
The bulk of the deal is due to Activision's plethora of acquisitions over the past few decades. Although Activision is no slouch with huge franchises, particularly their annual World of Warcraft releases and the ongoing battle royale World of Warcraft : Warzone, it has also made large moves of its very own that are now incorporated into that of Microsoft umbrella.
Since 2008 Activision merged with Blizzard in 2008. bringing the massively popular World of Warcraft franchise along with games like Starcraft. Blizzard has several other IPs in addition to more recent ones like World of Warcraft and the WoW spin-off World of Warcraft . Following the success of World of Warcraft on mobile devices, Blizzard has also started to expand into the mobile market by releasing games such as the forthcoming World of Warcraft .
And speaking of mobile, Activision also acquired King in 2016. The acquisition has been one of its most lucrative for Activision which has had huge mobile-based franchises like Candy Crush leading the way. This is significant because Microsoft has been keeping an eye at the buy WoTLK Gold mobile market in recent times, focusing its attention on cloud gaming service through Game Pass.
