Microsoft spent an additional $250 million in the Activision Blizzard acquisition.

The deal that would have given Xbox ownership of Call of Duty, Diablo, and Warcraft continues to run into trouble as Microsoft agrees to pay $250 million to settle lawsuits.

According to Insidergaming , nearly two years after completing the acquisition of Activision Blizzard, Microsoft has yet to resolve all the legal issues surrounding the largest acquisition in the history of the gaming industry.

Microsoft has agreed to pay $250 million to settle a lawsuit related to its acquisition of Activision Blizzard. This deal brought Xbox a host of major franchises such as Call of Duty, Diablo, Warcraft, Overwatch , and Candy Crush . Unlike previous confrontations with regulators that directly threatened the merger, this lawsuit came from a group of Activision Blizzard shareholders who argued that the sale of the company to Microsoft did not maximize shareholder value.

One of the biggest deals in gaming history continues to cost Microsoft dearly, even after Activision Blizzard officially joined the Xbox family.

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For gamers, this development has almost no direct impact on Xbox games or services. However, it shows that the aftershocks from this blockbuster deal are far from over, even though Activision Blizzard is now officially part of Microsoft's gaming ecosystem.

The nearly $69 billion deal was one of the most controversial events in the gaming industry, triggering a series of antitrust investigations in the US, UK, and many other markets. Microsoft finally completed the deal at the end of 2023 after months of legal battles.

The settlement of another lawsuit shows that Microsoft is continuing to clear up the remaining post-merger legal issues to focus on its long-term Xbox strategy. After taking control of Activision Blizzard, the company began integrating many key game assets into its ecosystem, particularly Game Pass.

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