Microsoft eyed buying Square Enix, Sega and Bungie, documents show

The documents, evidence in the US government’s suit to stop Microsoft from buying Call Of Duty publisher Activision Blizzard Inc for US$69bil, also show the software giant looked at acquiring Sega and Bungie. — Reuters

Microsoft Corp considered acquiring Japanese game publisher Square Enix Holdings Co as recently as 2019, according to documents from the US Federal Trade Commission’s antitrust suit against the software giant.

The documents, evidence in the US government’s suit to stop Microsoft from buying Call Of Duty publisher Activision Blizzard Inc for US$69bil, also show the software giant looked at acquiring Sega and Bungie.