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Call of Duty will remain on PlayStation for a few more years

Call of Duty will remain on PlayStation for a few more years

Sony gets “several years” of joint custody over call of Duty with Microsoft.photo: Activision/Kotaku/Barone Firenze (Shutterstock) (Shutterstock) Good news PlayStation call of Duty Players: Microsoft says you have “several years” to play the shoot-bang game on your Sony console. Corresponding The edgeEarlier this year, Microsoft’s Xbox boss Phil Spencer made that commitment to PlayStation boss ...

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Tencent and Sony acquire 30% of Elden Ring Maker FromSoftware

Tencent and Sony acquire 30% of Elden Ring Maker FromSoftware

picture: BySoftware elden ring wasn’t just a hit with fans of FromSoftware’s notoriously difficult action RPGs. Today, Tencent Holdings and Sony announced that they have acquired 30% of the shares souls-Developer shares split in favor of Tencent. FromSoftware is expected to gain $260 million from the agreement. Today’s Announcement by Kadokawa, FromSoft’s parent company announced ...

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Tencent and Sony take over shares

Tencent and Sony take over shares

Shares in Elden Ring developer FromSoftware go to Tencent and Sony Interactive Entertainment. Both Tencent and Sony Interactive Entertainment got a slice of the FromSoftware pie. As a subsidiary of Tencent, Sixjoy Hong Kong is the second largest shareholder in the developer studio, which recently celebrated great success with Elden Ring, with 16.3%. However, Sony ...

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Microsoft claims Sony is blocking games from getting into Game Pass

Microsoft claims Sony is blocking games from getting into Game Pass

photo: Beata Zawrzel (Getty Images) Microsoft argued this with Brazilian regulators last week call of Duty was not a compulsory game on the platform. In the latest installment of the Activision Blizzard takeover drama unfolding in Brazil, Microsoft accused the PlayStation maker of trying to stunt the “growth” of Game Pass. As originally sighted The ...

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Tencent aims to become Ubisoft’s largest shareholder

Tencent aims to become Ubisoft’s largest shareholder

Tencent, which already owns 5% of the French company, would consider acquiring a larger stake in Ubisoft. At least that’s what four sources familiar with the matter told the Reuters news agency. According to these sources, Tencent contacted the Guillemot family (founders of Ubisoft) and informed them of their desire to increase their contribution to ...

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Ubisoft: Report: Tencent wants to become the largest shareholder

Ubisoft: Report: Tencent wants to become the largest shareholder

In the past, Ubisoft has always been a candidate when it came to possible takeovers by industry heavyweights. Now a new rumor is doing the rounds in this direction. In the past, Ubisoft has sometimes stubbornly resisted planned (hostile) takeovers and primarily wanted to remain independent. Nevertheless, there was always speculation about Ubisoft as a ...

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Activision does more with phone games than console and PC

Activision does more with phone games than console and PC

picture: Activision/Blizzard/King/Kotaku Here’s a sign of the times: Activision has confirmed through newly released financial documents that it made more money from its mobile games than all of its console and PC games combined last quarter. As discovered by TweakTown, Activision’s quarterly report was released last week and provides insight into how its biggest games ...

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Chinese firm Tencent looking to raise stake in Ubisoft

Chinese firm Tencent looking to raise stake in Ubisoft

News publication Reuters is reporting this afternoon that Chinese firm Tencent is looking to increase its stake in French developer and publisher, Ubisoft. The company has already bought a 5% stake in Ubisoft back in 2018 and is now looking to own more of the company. The Chinese firm has reached out to the Guillemot ...