gaming is a multibillion dollar industry so it makes sense that the most expensive video game acquisitions keep oneupping each other mergers and acquisitions are a key way that companies and studios grow not only their profit margins but their player reach as well more players means more money which in turn ups the value of a company when selling itself off to another one of the most prolific acquisitions today is microsofts bid to buy call of duty publisher activision blizzard a move that has attracted scrutiny from regulatory bodies as they seek to block the xbox series x parent company while there are certain activision blizzard franchises we want to see reborn at xbox lets not get ahead of ourselves heres a look at 10 of the most expensive video game acquisitions in the gaming biz how they transpired and what the companies look like todaybiggest video game acquisitions at a glanceswipe to scroll horizontallyacquirertargetdeal valueyearmicrosoftactivision blizzard687 billion2023 pendingtaketwo interactivezynga127 billion2022tencentsupercell86 billion2016microsoftzenimax media81 billion2020activision blizzardking59 billion2015sonybungie36 billion2022microsoftmojang25 billion2014eaglu mobile24 billion2021facebook oculus vr2 billion201410 most expensive video game acquisitions10 facebook buys oculus vrimage credit oculusyear of acquisition 2014 price 2 billionyou might know the company now as meta platforms but in the same year that facebook acquired instant messaging service whatsapp they also bought oculus vr the oculus gaming device was later rebranded with the meta quest 2 still going strong today meta is committed to the concept of a metaverse hence the very telling company name change and harnessing vr technology is key to how they plan to actualize these concepts with the newer rival psvr 2 headset posing some fair competition its safe to say that vr isnt going anywhere just yet9 electronic arts buys glu mobileyear of acquisition 2021 price 24 billionthe sims 4 publisher electronic arts purchased glu mobile and with it brought the likes of mlb tap sports baseball to the ea fold mobile gaming is one of the largest sectors in the industry with china india and the usa accounting for the highest numbers of players in the world since acquiring glu eas mobile division has been booming with over 69 million goals scored on ea sports fifa last year alone and a planned lord of the rings rpg currently in development for smartphone gamers 8 microsoft buys mojangyear of acquisition 2014 price 25 billionminecraft developer mojang studios was purchased by microsoft in 2014 at the time one of the companys biggest acquisitions since microsoft took ownership of the studio minecraft continues to be a charttopping game recording over 140 million active players in 2021 alone minecraft is able to achieve this as it continues to be available on ps4 ps5 pc and switch as well as the microsoft owned xbox one and xbox series x the franchise continues to grow with mojang collaborating with external studios for upcoming xbox series x games like minecraft legends 7 sony buys bungieimage credit bungieyear of acquisition 2022 price 36 billionwhen sony bought out