The Parklands Diary

When we all heard that Microsoft was acquiring Activision Blizzard, we were all shocked, the prolific gamers were anyway. The first thought that came to mind was, would the renowned Call of Duty franchise still be available on the Sony PlayStation console, Nintendo, and other gaming streaming sites that are not owned by Microsoft?  Your answer is as good as mine, but probably not. There were also concerns among relevant stakeholders from the gaming industry on whether other famous Activision Blizzard games such as World of Warcraft, Call of Duty, Overwatch, Candy Crush, Warcraft, and Diablo , just to mention but a few would be owned by Microsoft. Well, to set the record straight, if the Microsoft-Activision Blizzard deal succeeds, then, all the games that are owned by Activision Blizzard will be owned by Microsoft . Image by Activision The first question I pose in this piece is if the Call of Duty franchise will still be made available to rival consoles and gaming platforms? Microsoft’