Microsoft to buy Call of Duty maker in mammoth-sized $68bn deal

George Iddenden
Activision's Call of Duty games on shelf
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// Microsoft has announced a record $68.7 billion deal to acquire the makers of the popular first person shooter series Call of Duty, Activision Blizzard.

The deal, which was announced on Tuesday, marks the biggest deal in the history of the gaming industry and will be the largest all-cash acquisition on record.

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Microsoft to buy Call of Duty maker in mammoth-sized $68bn deal

Activision's Call of Duty games on shelf
// Microsoft has announced a record $68.7 billion deal to acquire the makers of the popular first person shooter series Call of Duty, Activision Blizzard.

The deal, which was announced on Tuesday, marks the biggest deal in the history of the gaming industry and will be the largest all-cash acquisition on record.

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