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Microsoft x Activision Blizzard FAQs do not answer questions

Microsoft x Activision Blizzard FAQs do not answer questions

photo: SOPA images (Getty Images) As part of Microsoft’s proposed $70 billion purchaseSome sort of official FAQ was sent out to all Activision Blizzard employees. Unfortunately, not many questions are actually answered, with the answers looking more like giant black holes in the shape of things could be answers. Someday. Could be. The FAQ – ...

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Why Bobby Kotick sold Activision to Microsoft WITHOUT his PR spin

Why Bobby Kotick sold Activision to Microsoft WITHOUT his PR spin

photo: mike diaper (Getty Images) As you’ve probably heard, Microsoft wants to buy Activision Blizzard for a whopping $68.7 billion. But why Activision CEO Bobby Kotick suddenly decided to relinquish control of the company, and where that leaves the ailing executive after the ink has dried, depends on who you ask. For example, Kotick himself ...

Nintendo achieved the highest number of viewers at E3

Nintendo achieved the highest number of viewers at E3

Nintendo’s viewership was way too high for E3 2021.picture: Nintendo / Kotaku Switch Pro or not, Nintendo still had the most people watching its E3 2021 presentation. Nintendo garnered 3.1 million viewers for its nearly 40-minute presentation, according to yesterday’s tweet from Stream Hatchet, a data analytics company specializing in video game streaming. Despite being ...

Here’s how to watch the Xbox / Bethesda E3 showcase

Here’s how to watch the Xbox / Bethesda E3 showcase

Tell us what you got, Phil.photo: Frederic J. Brown (Getty Images) E3 2021 is fast approaching and Microsoft’s Xbox presentation seems to be a highlight again, especially with the inclusion of Bethesda. After last year’s surprise Acquisition of the Bethesda parent company Zenimax, Microsoft’s E3 presentation will be the first opportunity to show the future ...