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Activision Blizzard hits financial targets with Q2 bookings of $1.64B

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Activision Blizzard reported that its Q2 bookings hit $1.64 billion, slightly better than expected by analysts, while earnings hit the mark exactly.

The company said that its Activision, Blizzard and King divisions all grew in the second quarter compared to the first quarter, and it touted a strong slate for the second half. Microsoft has announced it expects its $68.5 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard will be approved by regulators in the current fiscal year ending June 30, 2023. In after-hours trading, the stock is up slightly at $80.32 a share.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.