Activision confirms purchase of Major League Gaming

5 Jan 2016

Steve Wright

Activision has today confirmed its purchase of Major League Gaming (MLG).

“Our acquisition of Major League Gaming’s business furthers our plans to create the ESPN of Esports,” Activision CEO Bobby Kotick said in a press release.

“MLG’s ability to create premium content, its proven broadcast technology platform — including its live streaming capabilities — strengthens our strategic position in competitive gaming.”

The purchase was rumored yesterday. We’ll have more as this develops.

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Steve's the owner and Editor-in-Chief of Stevivor.com, the country’s leading independent video games outlet. Steve arrived in Australia back in 2001 on what was meant to be a three-month working holiday before deciding to emigrate and, eventually, becoming a citizen.

Stevivor is a combination of ‘Steve’ and ‘Survivor’, which made more sense back in 2001 when Jeff Probst was up in Queensland. The site started as Steve’s travel blog before transitioning over into video games.

Aside from video games, Steve has interests in hockey and Star Trek, playing the former and helping to cover video games about the latter on TrekMovie.com. By day, Steve works as the communications manager of the peak body representing Victorians as they age.