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ATVI - Mergers and acquisitions
Activision Blizzard Inc. (ATVI) mergers and acquisitions - real-time wire coverage filtered to M&A only.
Recent M&A for ATVI
- Blizzard Entertainment Acquires Boston-Based Studio Proletariat to Expand Development Pipeline for World of Warcraft ®Proletariat will join forces with Blizzard Entertainment as they work together to further serve the player community This acquisition comes as Blizzard Entertainment expands development resources, invests in the growth of key franchises Blizzard Entertainment today closed the acquisition of Boston-based studio Proletariat to better serve players in the award-winning massive multiplayer online role-playing game World of Warcraft®. "Over the next two years we plan to hire hundreds of the best developers to serve the needs of our World of Warcraft players. The extraordinary team at Proletariat will be a key component of our talent acquisition efforts," said Bobby Kotick, Chief Executive Off
- Mobile Game Developer King Acquires Artificial Intelligence Company PeltarionKing, a leading interactive entertainment company for the mobile gaming world, announced today the acquisition of artificial intelligence software company Peltarion. Peltarion is a Swedish artificial intelligence (AI) software company and developer of a no-code, machine learning operations platform that empowers users to design, train and manage deep learning models in the Cloud at scale and at speed. King's acquisition of Peltarion will accelerate the current use of AI and machine learning technology in King's game platform, a key area of ongoing strategic direction for the company. With this investment, King aims to continue to build top-tier AI and machine learning capabilities and team
- Activision Acquires Mobile Game Developer Digital LegendsBarcelona-Based Studio Joins Growing Team of Internal Mobile Studio Resources Activision today announced the acquisition of Barcelona-based mobile game developer Digital Legends. The development studio joins Activision's growing roster of wholly-owned, independent studio teams; and will be supporting development of an unannounced new mobile title within the Call of Duty™ universe. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. "This is an incredible team of development pros at Digital Legends, and we couldn't be more excited to welcome them to the Activision team," said Rob Kostich, President, Activision. "This is a great step forward as we continue to build additional world-class development reso