{"id":40177,"date":"2020-07-07T23:54:00","date_gmt":"2020-07-07T23:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/?p=2640791"},"modified":"2020-07-07T23:54:00","modified_gmt":"2020-07-07T23:54:00","slug":"microsoft-could-be-interested-in-buying-warner-bros-interactive-entertainment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/07\/07\/microsoft-could-be-interested-in-buying-warner-bros-interactive-entertainment\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft could be interested in buying Warner Bros Interactive Entertainment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"233\" height=\"24\" src=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/4126-logo-1-460.png\" class=\"webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;\" link_thumbnail=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"post-excerpt\"><strong>It seems that Microsoft could be interested in buying AT&amp;T&rsquo;s Warner Bros gaming division to include to its growing Xbox Game Studios<\/strong><\/div>\n<div class=\"post-excerpt\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pocketnow.com\/files\/2020\/06\/lockhart-800x600.jpg\" width=\"587\" height=\"440\" \/><\/strong><\/div>\n<div class=\"post-excerpt\">\n<p>It seems that AT&amp;T may be interested in selling off WB&rsquo;s games division, and there are several potential buyers. The first names that appeared as possible buyers were Activision, Electronic Arts and Take Two, but now Microsoft may also be interested in acquiring WB Interactive Entertainment.<\/p>\n<p>Rumors suggest that AT&amp;T is considering selling Warner Bros. Interactive division, which includes major studios in the industry, such as Rocksteady, Monolith, NetherRealm, and more, as well as some gaming properties such as Mortal Kombat. AT&amp;T would be aiming to sell for an amount between $2 billion and $4 billion. Several companies could be interested in buying, WB Games, being&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/pocketnow.com\/microsofts-cheaper-next-gen-xbox-console-spotted-in-devkit-documents\">Microsoft<\/a>&nbsp;the last one to show interest. In the past years, Microsoft has already bought several game development studios to make them part of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/pocketnow.com\/microsoft-might-unveil-the-cheaper-xbox-series-s-console-in-august\">Xbox<\/a>&nbsp;Game Studios.<\/p>\n<p>If AT&amp;T ends up selling, it would mean the loss of a major&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/pocketnow.com\/all-the-playstation-5-games-and-accessories-announced-by-sony-so-far\">game publisher<\/a>&nbsp;and a significant change in the gaming industry. On the other hand,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/pocketnow.com\/sony-ps5-is-teased-at-flipkart-while-amazon-confirms-late-2020-launch\">Sony<\/a>&nbsp;is allegedly trying to buy Leyou, who owns Digital Extremes and Splash Damage.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"tags\">\n<div><strong>See Campaign: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/pocketnow.com\/microsoft-could-be-interested-in-buying-warner-bros-interactive-entertainment\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/pocketnow.com\/microsoft-could-be-interested-in-buying-warner-bros-interactive-entertainment<\/a><br \/><b>Contact Information:<\/b><br \/>Samuel Martinez<\/p>\n<p><b>Tags:<\/b><br \/><a href=\"\"><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/category\/news-category\/wire\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Wire<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/category\/global-regions\/united-states\/\" rel=\"category tag\">United States<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/category\/language\/english\/\" rel=\"category tag\">English<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" alt=\"image\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" class=\"cwdfimg\" \/><\/div>\n<div>\n<h3>Contact Information:<\/h3>\n<p>Samuel Martinez\n<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"233\" height=\"24\" src=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/4126-logo-1-460.png\" alt=\"\">It seems that Microsoft could be interested in buying AT&amp;T&rsquo;s Warner Bros gaming division to include to its growing Xbox Game Studios It seems that AT&amp;T may be interested in selling off WB&rsquo;s games division, and there are several potential buyers. The first names that appeared as possible buyers were Activision, Electronic Arts and Take &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/2020\/07\/07\/microsoft-could-be-interested-in-buying-warner-bros-interactive-entertainment\/\">Continue reading <span>Microsoft could be interested in buying Warner Bros Interactive Entertainment<\/span><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/07\/07\/microsoft-could-be-interested-in-buying-warner-bros-interactive-entertainment\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":106,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,22,54],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40177","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english","category-united-states","category-wire"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Microsoft could be interested in buying Warner Bros Interactive Entertainment - Business<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/07\/07\/microsoft-could-be-interested-in-buying-warner-bros-interactive-entertainment\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Microsoft could be interested in buying Warner Bros Interactive Entertainment - Business\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"It seems that Microsoft could be interested in buying AT&amp;T&rsquo;s Warner Bros gaming division to include to its growing Xbox Game Studios It seems that AT&amp;T may be interested in selling off WB&rsquo;s games division, and there are several potential buyers. 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