Europe 1 with AFP 3:08 p.m., January 18, 2022

The American Microsoft announced Tuesday its intention to buy, for nearly 69 billion dollars, the American video game giant Activision-Blizzard, which notably publishes "Call of Duty", "World of Warcraft" and "Candy Crush".

Activision's stock soared more than 37% on Wall Street after the announcement.

Microsoft announced Tuesday its intention to buy, for nearly 69 billion dollars, the American giant of the video games Activision-Blizzard, which publishes in particular

Call of Duty

,

World of Warcraft

and

Candy Crush

.

Activision's stock soared more than 37% on Wall Street after the announcement, in electronic trading prior to the opening of trading, and was suspended.

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