Microsoft Corporation

Moby ID: 13596

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October 13, 2023: Company announces the acquisition of Activision Blizzard and all its subsidiaries.
January 18, 2022: Company announces intention to purchase Activision Blizzard, Inc. and all its subsidiaries for US$ 68.7 billion.
September 15, 2014: Microsoft bought Mojang AB
September 24, 2002: Microsoft buys the game developer Rare.
November 2001: Microsoft releases the Xbox, their first home entertainment console, along with the first-person shooter Halo: Combat Evolved.
December 5, 2000: The company acquires Digital Anvil.
April 20, 1998: Company acquires Access Software.
June 1995: The company establishes the Japanese venture GameBank Corp. with Softbank Corp., to market the Windows 95 operating system as a platform for computer games.
1986: Microsoft offered its first shares to the public market at $21. By the end of the first day of trading, stock prices were up to $28.
1983: Microsoft Windows was shown to the world for the first time.
1982: Microsoft U.K. Ltd. founded.
November 1976: Microsoft became a registered trademark.
April 4, 1975: Company founded by William H. Gates III and Paul G. Allen in Albuquerque, New Mexico. It had three employees.