It has been an exceptionally eventful day over at Activision Blizzard’s slice of the gaming world. In an e-mail to employees, Bobby Kotick revealed that he’s stepping down as CEO of Activision Blizzard after 32 years of main the corporate. This information comes following the announcement that Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard is full.

Kotick isn’t leaving instantly, and he’ll stay CEO till the top of 2023. Throughout this time, he’ll be reporting to Xbox CEO Phil Spencer to facilitate the corporate’s integration into the Xbox household of first-party studios.

New days for Activision Blizzard

In Kotick’s e-mail, he expresses a constructive perspective towards the acquisition, claiming it is going to enable Activision Blizzard to “ship extra enjoyable, extra pleasure, and extra connection to extra gamers than ever earlier than.” He additionally mentions a number of of the industry-defining franchises which have come from the corporate, together with Name of Responsibility, Guitar Hero, and Tony Hawk’s Professional Skater.

Following the acquisition, Activision Blizzard additionally launched a public assertion revealing how, as Xbox’s group, it’ll proceed its mission to “ship the world’s most epic interactive leisure experiences to extra individuals, extra platforms, and throughout extra worlds than ever earlier than.”

Kotick’s profession as Activision Blizzard CEO has been an eventful one crammed with loads of successes, together with the acquisition of Sweet Crush developer King in 2015. Nevertheless, he has additionally been the topic of controversy, and there have been reviews that he was conscious of cases of sexual assault within the office.

We have already got an thought of what is going to come from the acquisition, as Activision Blizzard introduced that we will count on extra of its video games to hit Recreation Move subsequent 12 months.