Microsoft wants to add Activision Blizzard to the great project of Xbox Game Studios. Count the resources to do it (specifically 68.700 million dollars) and it would significantly increase the value of Game Pass. Sony is not amused and has been taking part before regulatory bodies for half a year, making it clear that the ...
The acquisition of Activision Blizzard is still enjoying an upswing. Microsoft could be taken to court over its acquisition. From PlayStation or Nintendo? The process of acquiring Activision Blizzard could be complicated for Microsoft. The FTC (Federal Trade Commission), the independent American agency tasked with preventing anti-competitive business practices, could attack the giant. The acquisition ...
We are still on the subject of the takeover of Activision Blizzard by Microsoft. Sony and those in Redmond both made new arguments for the purchase, again giving headlines and covers in general. One of them is unexpected to say the least since the Japanese have involved Battlefield in the affair. The EA shooter is ...
The European Commission, the European Union’s regulator, has announced that it is opening an in-depth investigation into Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard. The said Commission specifies that it is a “phase 2” in its analysis of the agreement, and that it stems, in large part, from concerns about competition in ...
Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision-Blizzard continues to have twists and turns and that affects the public, ie you. We can learn that. Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision-Blizzard continues to spill ink and stir up debates of all kinds. This time, public opinion is at stake. In fact, the CMA, the UK regulator that seems particularly strict, wants ...
We continue to close episodes of the acquisition of Activision by Microsoft, since the intention to purchase was announced, there is no one left to comment or give approval. This time, it’s the turn of Take-Two, more precisely of its CEO, Strauss-Zelnickwho approved the Activision takeover. Strauss Zelnick shared his total agreement with the takeover ...
The acquisition of Activision Blizzard by Microsoft is far from over, because the national antitrust authorities in the various markets still have to give their approval. In Brazil there was now a victory for Microsoft. The scramble for Microsoft’s takeover of Activision Blizzard never ends. Above all, the possibility that Call of Duty might no ...
Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard brings more queue than necessary. We see a powerless Sony for not knowing how to stop the deal, and several players in the same industry who they are not opposed to Microsoft taking over this titanic and legendary empire games and franchises. The latest tech company to side with the ...
Game publisher consolidation seems to be entering another round. Currently, the rumor is doing the rounds that Amazon wants to make an offer for Electronic Arts. Update 2022-08-29 11:05: After the article on USA Today caused a great deal of excitement, calm has now set in. CNBC had already rejected the reports and now USA ...
The Embracer Group, which has recently grown into a formidable force, has confirmed today that its acquisition of Crystal Dynamics, Eidos-Montreal, Square Enix Montreal, and more than 50 back-catalog games from Square Enix has now been completed and that the deal has gone through. The Embracer Group now owns a large catalog of big legacy… Read ...
