A new report shows that Microsoft's acquisition of Activision-Blizzard hasn't been as helpful to Xbox Game Pass as the company hoped.

Microsoft pushes buck against a report stating the Activision Blizzard acquisition hasn't helped Xbox Game Pass by claiming it's missing context.

Chris Young, Microsoft’s head of business development, is stepping down after four years with the company. Known for his pivotal role in major strategic deals, Young was instrumental in closing Microsoft’s historic $68.

Microsoft responded to an article suggesting that the purchase of Activision Blizzard didn't bring the company the expected benefits. In a statement, the Redmond-based giant denies the information present in the article.

TikTok would be, by far, Microsoft's biggest acquisition to date. Other than Activision Blizzard, Microsoft previously paid $26bn for LinkedIn, $19.7bn for speech recognition company Nuance Communications, $8.5bn for Skype, and $7.5bn for Bethesda owner ZeniMax Media .

Microsoft reportedly considered completely shutting down Xbox in 2021, prior to its acquisition of ZeniMax and Activision Blizzard.

Chris Young, who joined Microsoft in 2020, worked on the software company’s investments, its OpenAI relationship and the Activision Blizzard acquisition.

Trump began the movement to ban TikTok in 2020, urging its U.S. version to be instead be divested from China-owned ByteDance, the app’s parent company. Microsoft entered the bidding back then, but the push for divestment fizzled out once Trump left office and former president Joe Biden took over.

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella could have shut down the Xbox division in 2021, but instead, he chose to double down by acquiring two of the most

Microsoft could be laying off even more employees within Xbox's gaming division following a year of similar cuts to its many subsidiaries.

Microsoft's games division has shrugged off reports that the Activision buyout has been disappointing for revenue growth, delivers clarifying statements.

Microsoft refuted a recent report claiming the Activision Blizzard acquisition hasn't had a significant impact on Xbox Game Pass or its overall gaming business. The company highlighted the fact ...