Microsoft pushes buck against a report stating the Activision Blizzard acquisition hasn't helped Xbox Game Pass by claiming it's missing context.

According to Amphere, Microsoft was by far the biggest video game publisher in the world in December, thanks to Activision Blizzard.

Microsoft's FY25 Q2 earnings reveal a decline in Xbox hardware revenue, while content and services revenue has increased. The company posted its latest earnings report on Wednesday, January 29, 2025.

Industry research reveals that Microsoft-published games generate more cash than those from any other publisher in December 2024.

Donald Trump seeks a "bidding war" for the app after years of pressure on ByteDance to sell its US operations over security concerns.

Chris Young, who joined Microsoft in 2020, worked on the software company’s investments, its OpenAI relationship and the Activision Blizzard acquisition.

Roughly $465M was spent on Microsoft-published (MSFT) games in December, making the Xbox maker the globe’s biggest games publisher across PC,

TikTok would be, by far, Microsoft's biggest acquisition to date. Other than Activision Blizzard, Microsoft previously paid $26bn for LinkedIn, $19.7bn for speech recognition company Nuance Communications, $8.5bn for Skype, and $7.5bn for Bethesda owner ZeniMax Media .

Christopher Young was one of Microsoft's highest-paid executives, with a total compensation of $12 million in 2024

Microsoft refuted a recent report claiming the Activision Blizzard acquisition hasn't had a significant impact on Xbox Game Pass or its overall gaming business. The company highlighted the fact ...

Chris Young, the chief of business development at Microsoft, who assisted in the software giant’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard, is leaving his position after around four years, the company announced in a regulatory filing on Wednesday.

Strategic alliances with companies like Palantir Technologies (PLTR) have expanded Azure's capabilities, particularly in delivering AI-based data analytics products to U.S. defense and intelligence agencies. Under the Trump administration, this could become a very profitable expansion.