One of the worst years for Cancellations, curtailments and closures in the history of the video game industry has just claimed its next victims, including Arkane Austin and Tango Gameworks. Developers and fans alike are in disbelief. “Great teams are disappearing before our eyes again, and it’s a damn gut punch,” wrote Dinga Bakaba, director ...
Picture: Xbox / Square Enix / Kotaku There’s a new Xbox giveaway going on right now where you can win a cool looking copy Final Fantasy-Themed Xbox Series X console. It looks great! Apparently it doesn’t really work either. The best reveals from the Game Awards 2023 Following its impending arrival on Xbox was announced ...
photo: Kevin Dietsch (Getty Images) Activision Blizzard has been the focus of criticism for several years due to its widely criticized “boys’ club” corporate culture sleazy games. And now, late Friday evening, just before the holiday season really begins, The Wall Street Journal reports that the embattled gaming company will pay $50 million to settle ...
photo: Alex Wang (Getty Images) Over a year after it was first announced, Microsoft’s $69 billion deal with Activision Blizzard is under scrutiny from regulators. It still seems to be creeps towards its unstoppable endbut things get very messy and incredibly silly in the process. The latest stunt? Activision’s chief communications officer accused Sony Interactive ...
“It’s a me, Call of Duty!”Picture: Activision Blizzard / Nintendo / Kotaku Brad Smith, Microsoft President and Vice Chairman, announced today that the company has signed a 10-year deal to bring Xbox games to Nintendo consoles. blacksmith went to twitter to announce the “binding” contract, which promises to “convert Xbox games and Activision titles like ...
screenshot: CNBC/Kotaku To relieve UK regulators reluctance In order to approve the Microsoft acquisition, Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick reached out to CNBC to make the case for the merger. Be Comments on the becoming of the United Kingdom “Death Valley”, if the merger was not approved, deserved it well deserved mockery. But maybe we ...
screenshot: CNBC There are serious concern being voiced around the world on Microsoft’s proposed $69 billion purchase of Activision Blizzard, with opposition coming not just from Xbox’s competitors, but from all also from Google to Nvidia. You would think that such a precarious situation would require delicate diplomacy, but then, We’re talking about Activision here. ...
photo: Daniel Boczarsky (Getty Images) In his last written reply to the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) group., Microsoft uses lots of data to show that buying struggling publisher Activision Blizzard won’t hurt Sony or Nintendo. While the bizarre self-denial madness continues, it even suggests that the deal will actually help the publisher compete ...
An Elder Scrolls legend: Battlespirescreenshot: bethesda PC Game Pass users now have access to more classic games from Bethesda and id Software, including some old ones Elder Scrolls spin-offs and old-school shooters, how Wolfenstein 3D. And that’s not all. Bethesda also offers some legacy games for free on the Microsoft Store for PC. Announced earlier ...
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 ...
