Pressure over sexual-misconduct allegations at Activision spurred Microsoft to reach out and engage in merger talks https://t.co/PhD4tN16SZ

— Bloomberg (@business) January 19, 2022

WSJ effectively confirming that the sale to Microsoft is an attempt to rehabilitate Activision-Blizzard's image. https://t.co/hLs9Jzbwc6

— Cassandra, surviving the twee revival (@witch_cass) January 19, 2022

Bloomberg says Activision Blizzard received an acquisition offer from Microsoft late last year amid the scandals, and no-one else was interested in buying. https://t.co/IfFVVYylaF

— Martin SFP Bryant (@MartinSFP) January 19, 2022

Bloomberg reports that Activision, initially hesitant to sell to Microsoft, tried to see if Facebook/Meta would buy them. https://t.co/E5nLf6WvD6

— Stephen Totilo (@stephentotilo) January 19, 2022

'Activision made calls to try to find other interested parties, said the people ... . Those included Facebook parent Meta Platforms Inc. and at least one other big company. But no other serious interest materialized.' https://t.co/eqwPTFQQkV

— Jordan Novet (@jordannovet) January 19, 2022

I’m so mad we didn’t shit on Kotick enough that he threatened to buy us https://t.co/qMDI8RtNTt

— Imran Khan (@imranzomg) January 19, 2022

Xbox head Phil Spencer reportedly "said he and Microsoft's gaming leadership team were 'disturbed and deeply troubled by the horrific events and actions' at Activision.

"Behind the scenes, Spencer was working on a merger approach."https://t.co/3O1PTUcN6q

— David Gura (@davidgura) January 19, 2022

“what if we bought the news so they stop being mean to me? is that on the table?” https://t.co/v2gaPuWCpx

— Hana Kim • 김하나 ?? (@_hanatwothree) January 19, 2022

I have a friend whose first day at Activision was this past Monday.

He left his job at Microsoft for the position.

— TieGuyTravis (@TieGuyTravis) January 18, 2022

액티비전 블리자드, 메타/페이스북으로 매각도 탐색 했었다는듯

Microsoft Effort to Buy Activision Spurred by Misconduct Fallout at Gamemaker - Bloomberg https://t.co/UGSLIlngwP

— lunamoth (@lunamoth) January 19, 2022

We took a look at how the Microsoft-Activision Blizzard deal came together: https://t.co/POJvfoBQwx with @LianaBaker @sarahfrier @sonalibasak

— Dina Bass (@dinabass) January 19, 2022

직장내 성폭력 이슈가 MS외의 구매자들을 내쫓고 MS가 인수를 성공하는데 기여를 했다는 모양. https://t.co/grtmwMz8Cq

— 푸른곰 (@purengom) January 19, 2022

Bit more detail on how it all went down in here: https://t.co/POJvfokNux

— Dina Bass (@dinabass) January 19, 2022

Bobby Kotick suggested buying Kotaku or PC Gamer to 'change the narrative', report claims https://t.co/8NyZdeycL5

— THE RED DRAGON ? (@TWTHEREDDRAGON) January 19, 2022