Hace algunos días tuvimos la brutal noticia de que Activision Blizzard habita sido adquirida por Microsoft para formar parte de la flota que es Xbox Game Studios y así nutrir aún más todavía los beneficios que implica para los jugadores el formar pare del sistema unificado que es Xbox en PC, consoles and mobiles. Por ...
Yesterday, we heard the company behind PlayStation – the tech giant, Sony – is purchasing Destiny developer Bungie in an earth-shaking $3.6 billion deal. But, as with the seismic Microsoft/Activision acquisition that took place at the start of January, news of one industry giant eating up another has left us with more questions than answers. ...
DICE holidays are back, and one of the top items on the agenda is tackling XP revenue Battlefield 2042portal mode. Soon after the release of Battlefield 2042, a few people quickly started creating XP farm servers in the community-driven Portal experience. DICE figured it out quickly and decided to disable XP earning in Portal mode, ...
On January 18, 2022, Microsoft announced plans to acquire Activision Blizzard. It’s a platform holder that buys one of the biggest game publishers and one of the biggest games in the world. Activision’s flagship, Call of Duty, has seen some dips in recent years, but it’s still a massive franchise. What’s more, it’s one of ...
The planned acquisition of Activision Blizzard by Microsoft is causing a lot of movement in the company. The question of what will happen to the controversial CEO Bobby Kotick is still open. Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard for a whopping $70 billion hit yesterday like a bomb. But one question kept coming up afterwards: what ...
Microsoft is acquiring Activision Blizzard, the companies announced Tuesday, but the deal isn’t exactly final. And even if the $68.7 billion deal is made official, Microsoft will still have many complicated situations to work out after the dust settles. Between Activision Blizzard facing ongoing litigation and allegations of a toxic workplace, unrest at certain studios, ...
Microsoft’s $68.7 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard doesn’t give the maker of Xbox and home of Halo control of everything important in console gaming. Sony still stands out with its strong portfolio of PlayStation exclusives, while Electronic Arts, Take-Two and Ubisoft continue to battle for position across platforms. But it’s damn close to everything. Since ...
According to Bloomberg’s review, Microsoft still appears to be planning to support Activision games on other platforms. Regarding possible Xbox exclusivity for franchises like Call of Duty, Xbox boss Phil Spencer, now CEO of Microsoft Gaming, told Bloomberg that Microsoft doesn’t “intend” to disrupt the community. “I just want to say to players playing Activision ...
There are deals that change history forever. And at least in the gaming world, such a deal has just taken place: Microsoft is buying Activision Blizzard – for a whopping $68.7 billion. That’s about as much money as you have to spend in FIFA 22 to dust off all Ultimate Team cards. But Microsoft really ...
That’s a blast. Microsoft has officially announced the acquisition of Activision Blizzard (Call of Duty, World of Warcraft, Diablo, etc.) and is paying a whopping 69 billion US dollars for the deal. That Microsoft is still busy expanding its portfolio of studios is nothing new. But nobody expected that it would go up in size ...
