Well that was quite the headline: “Microsoft to acquire Activision Blizzard to bring the joy and community of gaming to everyone, across every device”. Not something I would have predicted even given all the rolling scandals over at Blizzard. I’ve no real idea what this could mean for World of Warcraft, the only IP of Blizzard’s that matters to me particularly. If the deal goes ahead in 2023, which still is rather a long way away, it could mean the much needed change of leadership gets pushed down onto Blizzard. I suppose it could also mean more money pumped into renewing IPs that have been poorly supported in recent years. Maybe it’ll even mean WoW on XBox or some such cross-over?
Interesting start to the year for sure!
GamingSF 
I think WoW on XBox Game Pass is the dream right now. It would/could bring a lot more people to WoW and would make WoW part of a subscription bundle people would be likely to keep even when they take a break.
I’m thinking they will go for Diablo. WoW would need a lot of pruning to get down to a controller. Warcraft 3? Turn based, maybe?