Goodwill (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2022

Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of Changes in the Carrying Amount of Goodwill by Operating Segments

The carrying amount of goodwill by reportable segment at both December 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, was as follows (amounts in millions):

	Activision		Blizzard		King		Total
Balance at December 31, 2020	$	6,899	$	190	$	2,676	$	9,765
Additions through acquisition (1)	34		—		—		34
Balance at December 31, 2021	$	6,933	$	190	$	2,676	$	9,799
Additions through acquisition (2)	—		97		33		130
Balance at December 31, 2022	$	6,933	$	287	$	2,709	$	9,929

(1) On October 28, 2021 we acquired a mobile game developer, Digital Legends, that operates as a studio under our Activision segment. The total net assets acquired were not material.

(2) The Company completed the acquisition of two businesses to acquire 100% of the respective voting equity interests of the following entities during June 2022:

•Proletariat Inc. (“Proletariat”), a privately held game development studio based in Boston, Massachusetts, was acquired by Blizzard to increase developer resources for the Warcraft franchise.

•Peltarion AB (“Peltarion”), a privately held artificial intelligence (“AI”) software company based in Stockholm, Sweden, was acquired by King to acquire AI and machine learning talent and a machine learning operations platform that will accelerate the current use of AI and machine learning technology in King’s game platform.