Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund has increased its EA holdings by about 55%. It’s the latest in a continuation of international investments by the country’s wealth fund, which has poured increasing amounts of money into Western and Eastern gaming industries over the years. This information was first reported by Seeking Alpha, which found that national ...
Finally light at the end of the tunnel? More than two years after its announcement, Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision-Blizzard marks a new major step. New twist in case of Activision-Blizzard acquisition. Two years later, the takeover by Microsoft is still failing. With the provided sum of 68.7 billion dollars, the Redmond-based company should strengthen its ...
Anyway, what a day! Not only are we announcing Bethesda’s partnership for Summerfest, we’re also announcing The European Union approves the acquisition of Activision-Blizzard! After the UK’s recent rejection of the CMA, coupled with the threat of a cloud gaming monopoly, another global heavyweight in the markets is deciding to the contrary. In his opinion, ...
With the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) blocking Microsoft’s proposed takeover of Activision Blizzard, questions are being raised as to whether the deal will eventually go through. The trick is that Microsoft is appealing the AMC’s decision. Meanwhile, the deal is also being investigated by other regulators around the ...
Microsoft has another enemy that isn’t Sony for the acquisition of Activision Blizzard. Google Google and Sony have positioned themselves as the main adversaries in the recent acquisition of Activision Blizzard by Microsoft. Although this is in the absence of authorization from the corresponding bodies. Activision Blizzard, responsible for popular titles like Call of Duty, ...
Another body, and as far as we can count there are already 7 who said yes (for one who said no), to the takeover of Activision Blizzard by Microsoft. And in this case, it is the one that is in Europe but which is not within the European Union, at least for the moment, so ...
While all eyes were on them, the UK Competition Authority (CMA) today spoke out against Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision-Blizzard. A decision that surprised everyone as the latest noise suggested confirmation. We are examining the reasons for this refusal. The cloud as a highlight The CMA gives up its fears in the console market, but remains ...
French publisher Focus Entertainment announces today that it has acquired Dovetail Games! A talented British studio best known for its series Train the sim worldthat can contribute its entire simulation know-how to the Focus family. We are proud to announce the acquisition of Dovetail Games and excited to welcome these talented and passionate teams to ...
To Brazil, Chile, Japan, Saudi Arabia and Serbia, South Africa’s turn to approve Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision/Blizzard. The key point that seems to tie all these markets together from a competitive perspective is always the case call from Duty. The fear of seeing this video game juggernaut in the hands of the American group deters ...
King and Activision-Blizzard are the two companies that Microsoft wants to buy. In the popular bundle, Microsoft wants to buy the Activision-Blizzard and King combo. If we already knew that Bobby Kotick is looking forward to buying Redmond, we found out that King’s boss is too. In an interview with Mobilegamer.biz, King’s current boss, Todd ...
