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Text: Microsoft announced plans to acquire Activision Blizzard, the video game studio behind blockbuster hits like Warcraft, Overwatch and Call of Duty, in an all-cash transaction valued at $68.7 billion. Microsoft says that the move will make the company the third-largest gaming company by revenue, after Tencent and Sony.
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