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Phil Spencer has had quite the start to 2022 and, in the aftermath of Microsoft's acquisition of Activision Blizzard, is recieving one of the gaming industry's biggest gongs: A Lifetime Achievement Award. The award will be presented at the 25th Annual DICE Awards by Todd Howard, director and producer at Bethesda which, of course, is a fully owned Microsoft subsidiary and one of big Phil's previous acquisitions.The DICE Awards are run by the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences and will take place on Thursday, Feb. 24 at 8PM PT. The lifetime achievement awar...

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Microsoft’s $68.7 billion purchase of Activision brings Xbox’s stable of internal game development studios to 30 and gives Microsoft control of billion-dollar franchises like Call of Duty and World of Warcraft in addition to IPs like Minecraft, Halo, and The Elder Scrolls. Here’s a list of everything the company has acquired since 2014.

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