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Activision Blizzard acquisitions, on the record
The businesses Activision Blizzard bought and sold, as its annual reports describe them, with the cash it reported paying for acquisitions each year and every deal filing since 2016.
Deals its annual reports describe
| Business | Deal | When | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
Digital Legends, a mobile game developerWord for word“On October 28, 2021 we acquired a mobile game developer, Digital Legends, that will operate as a studio under our Activision segment.” 10-K for 2021 | acquisition | October 28, 2021 | — |
| Fiscal year ended | Cash paid for acquisitions (net of cash acquired) | Goodwill from acquisitions |
|---|---|---|
| 2016-12-31 | $4.59 billion | $2.67 billion |
| 2017-12-31 | $0 | — |
| 2018-12-31 | $0 | — |
| 2020-12-31 | $0 | — |
| 2021-12-31 | $0 | $34 million |
| 2022-12-31 | $135 million | $130 million |
Deal filings since 2016
- 2023-10-13 Form 8-K, Item 2.01: Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets
- 2023-07-19 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2022-01-19 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2020-08-10 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2018-08-29 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2017-05-26 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2017-02-06 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2016-09-19 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2016-08-24 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2016-05-09 Form 8-K, Item 2.01: Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets
- 2016-04-01 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2016-02-29 Form 8-K, Item 2.01: Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets
Read from Activision Blizzard’s annual reports (10-K for 2022, 10-K for 2021, 10-K for 2020) and the financial data it files with the SEC, as of 2023-02-23. Every quotation is word for word from the filing linked beside it; how these pages are built and checked. The full record is in its company data sheet.