Skip to content
Watch Live
British Broadcasting Corporation
  • Home
  • News
  • Sport
  • Business
  • Technology
  • Health
  • Culture
  • Arts
  • Travel
  • Earth
  • Audio
  • Video
  • Live
  • Documentaries
Watch Live

Microsoft's Activision Blizzard deal: What you need to know

13 October 2023

Find out about the deal to keep Call of Duty on PlayStation

What did Microsoft do to get the deal over the line?

Here's what the boss of Bethesda thinks about exclusivity

Why the UK games industry wants the merger to happen

And what Microsoft's got planned for the future

Or go in-depth on the history of Xbox v PlayStation

Gaming
Xbox
Sony
PlayStation
Microsoft
Activision Blizzard

Related

Discord delays age verification plans after user outcry

'Customer found £18k of trading cards in his loft'

'The end of Xbox': fans split as AI exec takes over Microsoft's top gaming role


More from the BBC
6 days ago
News imageA man holds a phone with the Microsoft Copilot logo on the screen

Microsoft error sees confidential emails exposed to AI tool Copilot

The company says it has addressed the issue and it "did not provide anyone access to information they weren't already authorised to see".

6 days ago
13 Feb 2026
News imageAn in-game screenshot of a video game version of Keanu Reeves as the character John Wick. He is wearing a suit and looking at the camera.

John Wick game starring Keanu Reeves unveiled at PlayStation showcase

It's not the first time the iconic hitman has appeared in games, but Saber's will be the first voiced by Reeves.

13 Feb 2026
12 Feb 2026
News imageCover artwork for Highguard, showing three characters. In the centre, a male character wearing a silver suit of armour roars victoriously as he grabs a large, magical sword planted in the ground in front of him. To the left of the picture, a masked barbarian character rides a polar bear while pointing a pistol at an unseen enemy. To the right, a hooded, female character crouches as she points a rifle at a distant foe.

Highguard game developer lays off staff just two weeks after release

Its trailer got a prime Game Awards slot, but the online shooter has failed to find a large audience.

12 Feb 2026
6 Feb 2026
News imageMark Zuckerberg and Jeff Bezos wearing similar navy suits, with white dress shirts and dark red ties at the second inauguration of Donald Trump. Sundar Pichai and Elon Musk are next to them, both dressed in black.

Amazon shares fall as it joins Big Tech AI spending spree

Major firms collectively announce $650bn worth of investment in AI this week, rattling investors.

6 Feb 2026
9 Jan 2026
News imageA man sips a cup of coffee while looking a large computer screen showing a spreadsheet.

Excel: The software that's hard to quit

Companies are trying to wean staff off Excel spreadsheets to centralise control of their data.

9 Jan 2026

British Broadcasting Corporation
  • Home
  • News
  • Sport
  • Business
  • Technology
  • Health
  • Culture
  • Arts
  • Travel
  • Earth
  • Audio
  • Video
  • Live
  • Documentaries
  • Weather
  • BBC Shop
  • BritBox

The BBC is in multiple languages

Read the BBC In your own language

Oduu Afaan Oromootiin
Amharic ዜና በአማርኛ
Arabic عربي
Azeri AZƏRBAYCAN
Bangla বাংলা
Burmese မြန်မာ
Chinese 中文网
Dari دری
French AFRIQUE
Hausa HAUSA
Hindi हिन्दी
Gaelic NAIDHEACHDAN
Gujarati ગુજરાતીમાં સમાચાર
Igbo AKỤKỌ N’IGBO
Indonesian INDONESIA
Japanese 日本語
Kinyarwanda GAHUZA
Kirundi KIRUNDI
Korean 한국어
Kyrgyz Кыргыз
Marathi मराठी
Nepali नेपाली
Noticias para hispanoparlantes
Pashto پښتو
Persian فارسی
Pidgin
Polish PO POLSKU
Portuguese BRASIL
Punjabi ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਖ਼ਬਰਾਂ
Russian НА РУССКОМ
Serbian NA SRPSKOM
Sinhala සිංහල
Somali SOMALI
Swahili HABARI KWA KISWAHILI
Tamil தமிழில் செய்திகள்
Telugu తెలుగు వార్తలు
Thai ข่าวภาษาไทย
Tigrinya ዜና ብትግርኛ
Turkish TÜRKÇE
Ukrainian УКРАЇНСЬКA
Urdu اردو
Uzbek O'ZBEK
Vietnamese TIẾNG VIỆT
Welsh NEWYDDION
Yoruba ÌRÒYÌN NÍ YORÙBÁ
Follow BBC on:
  • Terms of Use
  • Subscription Terms
  • About the BBC
  • Privacy Policy
  • Cookies
  • Accessibility Help
  • Contact the BBC
  • Advertise with us
  • Do not share or sell my info
  • BBC.com Help & FAQs
  • Content Index
  • Set Preferred Source

Copyright 2026 BBC. All rights reserved. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Read about our approach to external linking.

You might also like:

news | sport | weather | worklife | travel | future | culture | world | business | technology