photo: Agency Anadolu (Getty Images) The US Circuit Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has denied the Federal Trade Commission’s latest request to stay Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard, likely paving the way for gaming’s largest-ever merger after more than a year of regulatory saga finally progressing. The open-world racing game that’s been out ...
Chaired by Lina Khan, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has come in for a lot of trouble for trying to be aggressive in regulating tech companies and preventing monopolies. Now the FTC faces criticism from both congressional Republicans and very online Xbox fans to appeal against a recent court decision That gave Microsoft the green ...
Popular fantasy MMO World of Warcraft came under criticism for a questline that delved into some of the darker parts of the franchise’s lore, and it wasn’t flattering. Street Fighter 6 has the best training mode I’ve ever seen To explain it as simply as possible to those who don’t play World of WarcraftThe quest ...
As Microsoft feuds with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) over its $69 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard, the Xbox maker has admitted something that probably everyone already knew: it lost the console war. Thank you PS Plus for making my backlog even bigger Continue reading: Sony does not share PS6 information call of Duty Developers ...
Overwatch 2 is getting a bad beating online lately, and with good reason. Except his Pride eventit was all bad news for the hero shooter as Blizzard announced it gutted the planned PvE series of skill trees and replayable heroic missions To The company charges $15 for its story missions. It’s sad because the latest ...
photo: Chesnot (Getty Images) Not every game is announced below Yesterday’s PlayStation Showcase Turns out it will only be playable on PlayStation consoles. Xbox announced on Twitter after the show – just a little smugly – that 12 of the games published by PlayStation will also be available for Xbox. Type S: Chiaki’s Journey II ...
It’s a pivotal moment for Blizzard, and some developers there worry the company is facing an unnecessary wave of exits that could hamper games like Blizzard World of Warcraftthe long-running MMO, its most recent dragonflight extension was praised by critics and gamers alike. At least that’s what a few employees say Studio’s mandatory return to ...
The UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) torpedoed what may be the biggest tech acquisition in history this week and hardly anyone understands why. There are many reasons to prevent a giant company from buying huge competitive advantages just because it can flood the Zone with $69 billion in cash. But the regulators’ final decision ...
Japanese gaming publisher Sega announced on Monday that it will buy the company behind the smartphone one-hit wonder Angry Birds for $775 million. It’s the latest major gaming acquisition, and one of the strangest yet. Comments on Grand Theft Auto 6: A Dramatic Read We got a first taste of the deal a report from ...
The Justice Department has taken Activision Blizzard to court, alleging the publisher’s esports leagues may have underpaid their workers/players through an exploitative “competitive balance tax.” This mini Sega arcade cabinet full of retro games would make a great gift The tax signed by both Activision and every team in theirs years ago call of Duty ...
