Microsoft Agrees To Pay $250 Million To Settle Activision Blizzard Acquisition Lawsuit
Microsoft has agreed to pay $250 million to settle a lawsuit related to its acquisition of Activision Blizzard. The lawsuit was initiated by a Swedish pension fund that claimed the acquisition deal was undervalued. This settlement aims to resolve all claims and conclude the legal disputes surrounding the acquisition.
- ▪Microsoft agreed to acquire Activision Blizzard for $69 billion in 2022.
- ▪The lawsuit alleged that the acquisition was rushed due to a sexual misconduct scandal at Activision Blizzard.
- ▪The settlement amount of $250 million exceeds the development budget of the game The Last of Us Part 2.
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Microsoft Agrees To Pay $250 Million To Settle Activision Blizzard Acquisition Lawsuit A Swedish pension fund had sued over claims the deal was undervalued Activision BlizzardLawsuitMicrosoft By Ethan Gach Published May 22, 2026 | Comments (0) | 𝕏 Copied! Microsoft / Kotaku Microsoft agreed to pay $69 billion to acquire Activision Blizzard in 2022. One of the Call of Duty publisher’s investors, a Swedish pension fund, thought that number was too low. It later sued Activision Blizzard and CEO Bobby Kotick claiming the deal was rushed to avoid fallout from the sexual misconduct scandal the company was embroiled in at the time. Microsoft has now agreed to pay $250 million, more than the entire development budget of 2020’s The Last of Us Part 2, in order to settle the case, Reuters reports.
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