See more Bobby Kotick will reportedly leave Activision Blizzard As for Kotick's status, however, it said only that will be remain as CEO while things are wrapped up: "Once the deal closes, the Activision Blizzard business will report to Phil Spencer, CEO, Microsoft Gaming." It's "business as usual" while the deal goes throughĪ filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (opens in new tab) answered some basic questions about the impact of the buyout: That it "remains business as usual" with both companies operating independently until the deal is done, and that immediately layoffs aren't anticipated.
Is this good or bad? Impossible to say! But we have contemplated the question (opens in new tab). How many PC game developers does Microsoft own now? A lot. Is Bobby Kotick still the CEO of Activision Blizzard? Yes, for now, but he may leave after the deal is done. There's precedent: After Microsoft bought Bethesda, we learned that Starfield (opens in new tab) and The Elder Scrolls 6 (opens in new tab) will be an Xbox and PC exclusive. Will Activision Blizzard games be Xbox and PC exclusive now? Microsoft says it'll honor existing Sony contracts and won't make Call of Duty exclusive right away, but it's likely that some of Activision Blizzard's future games won't come to PlayStation. Will Activision Blizzard games come to Game Pass now? Yes, that's part of Microsoft's plan. When will the deal be done? Sometime between July 2022 and July 2023, probably. How much is Microsoft spending? $68.7 billion.
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