What you need to know In an interview with Windows Central, Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer talked about the nature of reviving older franchises. Spencer reiterated that he won’t force a team to make something and that there has to be “passion” for a team to revisit an older franchise. Spencer also says that he […]
Read MoreBlizzard has announced the first expansion pack for the CRPG game Diablo 4. It’s called Vessel of Hatred, and the company says it will bring a brand new class “never seen before in the Diablo universe.” The first Diablo 4 expansion pack will also allow players to hack & slash their way through hoards of […]
Read MoreWhat you need to know Activision Blizzard, makers of Call of Duty, Diablo, Warcraft, and more are celebrating its 44th birthday. The publisher has released an infographic to mark the occasion. This infographic includes the rise of Activision, Blizzard, and King and all their hit titles. Top recommendations Activision Blizzard, a company of some of […]
Read MoreWhat you need to know Activision Blizzard, makers of Call of Duty, Diablo, Warcraft, and more are celebrating its 44th birthday. The publisher has released an infographic to mark the occasion. This infographic includes the rise of Activision, Blizzard, and King and all their hit titles. Top recommendations Activision Blizzard, a company of some of […]
Read MoreVideo game company Activision-Blizzard is out for blood, and that’s no idiom. The company launched a highly unusual sweepstakes around its CRPG game, Diablo 4. The developer is encouraging Diablo 4 players in the USA to donate blood at a clinic of their choice, and in return, Blizzard is willing to give away in-game items […]
Read MoreLast week, Microsoft completed the acquisition of Activision Blizzard, the company behind many popular game titles for PCs, gaming consoles, and smartphones, including Call Of Duty, Diablo, Overwatch, and World of Warcraft. A lot of people expected that Microsoft would bring older games from Activision Blizzard to Xbox Game Pass immediately after the acquisition was […]
Read MoreWhat you need to know Phil Spencer joined the Official Xbox Podcast today to discuss the Activision Blizzard acquisition. Host Jeff Rubenstein asked if Spencer would dip into Activision’s catalog of IPs to revive popular franchises. Spencer replied that he doesn’t have a plan in place to force any studio to revive an IP, but […]
Read MoreLe rachat d’Activision-Blizzard-King par Microsoft est officiel, le design du Xiaomi 14 Pro fuite quelques jours avant sa sortie, un hôtelier français fait plier Google après avoir reçu de faux avis… bienvenue dans le récap’ de la veille ! Crédit : OnLeaks La plus grosse nouvelle de la journée d’hier a bien entendu été le rachat officiel d’Activision-Blizzard […]
Read MoreAfter 19 months of court cases, talks with regulators, and legal battles, Microsoft finally purchased Activision Blizzard. The deal, worth $69 billion, has been the talk of the tech world and the gaming industry since the acquisition was first announced in January 2022. Now that it’s done, the discussion shifts to how soon the library […]
Read MoreWhat you need to know Microsoft finalized its acquisition of Activision Blizzard for $68.7 billion on Oct. 13, 2023, adding a large number of studios and games to the Xbox first-party roster. In working to complete this deal, Microsoft previously signed a binding contract to remain neutral in worker unionization efforts. Earlier in 2023, over […]
Read MoreBack in January of 2022, Microsoft announced its plans to acquire Activation Blizzard in a transaction valued at $68.7 billion – the largest deal in the gaming industry. The deal didn’t exactly go as planned with regulators from the US, the EU and the UK objecting to the takeover. Microsoft managed to win a court […]
Read MoreMicrosoft’s revised offer to buy Activision Blizzard has been approved by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) after its initial acquisition attempt was blocked by the UK antitrust regulator. Under the revised deal, French video game publisher Ubisoft will be given the rights to distribute Activision’s games on consoles and PCs over the cloud. The […]
Read MoreWhat you need to know UK regulatory authority the CMA granted Microsoft approval to purchase Activision Blizzard. This comes after months after the CMA initially blocked Microsoft from acquiring the publisher of Call of Duty and World of Warcraft. Microsoft restructured the deal to sell off Activision Blizzard Cloud gaming rights to Ubisoft, assuaging the […]
Read MoreWhat you need to know Microsoft is currently in the very last stages of regulatory review for its planned $69 billion purchase of Activision Blizzard. The deal is being re-evaluated by the CMA, the regulator in the UK, after Microsoft agreed to sell off Cloud gaming rights for Activision titles. According to a new report, […]
Read MoreWhat you need to know The FTC in the US announced it would continue internal efforts to block Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard King. The FTC previously failed to secure a preliminary injunction or emergency stay from the courts to prevent the acquisition from closing. Microsoft’s $69 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard King has undergone […]
Read MoreLike the iPhone, a new Call of Duty game comes out every year without fail. In 2023, publisher Activision will be releasing Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III, which will be the final chapter in the rebooted Modern Warfare series that sees Captain Price leading Task Force 141 on yet another globe-trotting adventure. Naturally, you will have […]
Read MoreWow, what a week it’s been for news. We expected the last few days to be full of Microsoft news, but what came out shocked the tech world. The biggest Xbox leak in history gave us a glimpse of an Xbox Series X refresh and a new Xbox console in 2028. We also saw Panos […]
Read MoreWhat you need to know The UK’s Competition and Markets Agency shared preliminary approval of Microsoft’s plan to purchase Activision Blizzard. The decision came after Microsoft restructured its deal, with the largest change being the sale of cloud streaming rights of Activision Blizzard titles to Ubisoft. The Competition and Markets Agency will receive third-party feedback […]
Read MoreSaying 2023 has been a big year might be a bit of an understatement. It’ll be remembered as a year for incredible video games, with a wide range of titles in a wide range of genres, from Lovecraftian fishing indie title Dredge to blockbusters like Bethesda Game Studios’ Starfield. Hand-in-hand with these great games, it’ll […]
Read MoreWhat you need to know Microsoft announced their plans to purchase Activision Blizzard, Inc. in January 2022 for a record setting $68.7 billion. The merger has undergone scrutiny, including legal action, from various regulatory bodies around the globe. The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority was the only regulatory agency to outright deny the merger, with […]
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