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Report: Bobby Kotick Meeting Leaves Activision Blizzard Staffers Unimpressed, Worried

20.1.2022
This morning, Bobby Kotick held an all-hands meeting with Activision Blizzard employees to address Microsoft’s acquisition of the company for $68.7 billion dollars. He stated that Microsoft would be trying to “retain as many of our people as possible,” and that he planned to stay on as the CEO...

Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1+2 Wiz Completes Each Level In One Enormous Combo

20.1.2022
Just speedrunning a game is hard enough. So it’s wild that for his first speedrun, engineer and web developer Steve Wozniak decided to make the already-difficult task of finishing a game as quickly as possible even harder. The task he set for himself: Don’t just complete all the goals in Vicarious...

Sony And Microsoft's Comments On Call Of Duty Exclusivity Are Clear As Mud

20.1.2022
Here we go again. Will Activision Blizzard games be exclusive to Xbox after the recently announced $68.7 billion deal finally goes through? Probably. But in the meantime both sides are saying just enough to keep all possibilities open, with Sony being the latest to add its vague comments to...

Microsoft Reveals Activision Purchase for $68.7 Billion as an Approach to the Metaverse

20.1.2022
Microsoft, the software behemoth, announced today it had completed a deal to acquire Activision Blizzard, one of the biggest game developers and publishers in the gaming world. The deal, which involves an all-cash transaction valued at $68.7 billion, will give Microsoft ownership of important...

Official FAQ For The Microsoft x Activision Blizzard Deal Tries And Fails To Answer Some Questions

20.1.2022
As part of Microsoft’s proposed $70 billion purchase, an official FAQ of sorts has been sent to all Activision Blizzard employees. Sadly not many questions are actually answered, with responses looking more like huge black holes in the shape of things that could be answers. One day. Maybe.Read more

Microsoft’s Activision Blizzard Purchase Isn’t Great, But Isn’t An Illegal Monopoly Either

19.1.2022
Yesterday’s announcement of Microsoft’s plan to purchase Activision Blizzard King for nearly $70 billion immediately sparked discussions about antitrust laws and monopolies, financial terms that pop up whenever a high-profile company purchases another high-profile company. While the merging...

Japanese Internet Reacts To Microsoft's $70 Billion Proposal To Buy Activision

19.1.2022
The biggest news this week—probably this year—is Microsoft’s proposed $70 billion purchase of Activision Blizzard. Online, people have opinions about this massive event and its ramifications, and in that regard, Japan is no different. The way Microsoft’s flagship console is viewed by many...

Akcie Sony se v reakci na odkoupení Activisionu propadly o 13 procent

19.1.2022
Zatímco akcionáři společnosti Activision-Blizzard si po prodeji Microsoftu mohou mnout ruce, v Sony mají opačné starosti. Během jednoho dne spadla hodnota společnosti na burzách o více než 400 miliard korun

The Real Reasons Activision Blizzard Was Sold, Without Bobby Kotick's PR Spin

19.1.2022
As you probably already heard, Microsoft is looking to purchase Activision Blizzard for a whopping $68.7 billion. But why Activision CEO Bobby Kotick suddenly decided to give up control of the company and where that leaves the beleaguered executive after the ink dries changes depending on who...

Teď si koupím všechny či pohřeb PlayStationu. Obchod Microsoftu baví lidi

19.1.2022
Největší obchod v herní historii, v rámci nějž Microsoft koupí za 1,5 bilionu korun herní vydavatelství Activision Blizzard, samozřejmě neunikl vtipálkům a tvůrcům memů. Tvorbu lze rozdělit do několika kategorií

Microsoft's massive Metaverse move: Buying Activision for $69B

19.1.2022
Following the Activision Blizzard acquisition announcement, Microsoft CEO and chairman Satya Nadella stated that gaming “will play a key role in the development of metaverse platforms.”

This Was Inevitable

19.1.2022
Microsoft’s purchase of Activision Blizzard has been momentous news today, as much for the scale of the deal as its shock value. But we shouldn’t be too surprised. This was inevitable. A handful of companies have always wanted to own everything, and nothing is going to stop them.Read more

Xbox Game Pass Kicks 2022 Off With Two 2021 GotY Contenders

18.1.2022
The big news out of Microsoft today is, obviously, its acquisition of Activision Blizzard for the nominal fee of, oh, a small country’s GDP. The immediate impact here means major Activision-published behemoths like Call of Duty and Overwatch will become first-party games under Microsoft’s...

Microsoft Is Bringing Activision Blizzard Games To Game Pass

18.1.2022
Alongside news that Microsoft is preparing to acquire Activision Blizzard for $70 billion, the Xbox console maker has confirmed that games from the recently troubled Call of Duty and Warcraft publisher will make their way to Xbox Game Pass.Read more

PlayStation’s Best-Selling Series Of 2021 Could Become Xbox-Exclusive

18.1.2022
The NPD Group released its annual tally of gaming sales for 2021 today, pretty much at the very second Microsoft announced it would buy mega-publisher Activision Blizzard for approximately the GDP of Luxembourg. The top-selling console game for 2021 was the same as it is as it is nearly every year:...

Head Of Microsoft Says He’s ‘Grateful’ For Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick's 'Commitment to Real Change'

18.1.2022
Microsoft revealed a bombshell today: it’s buying embattled Call of Duty publisher Activision Blizzard in the largest gaming industry acquisition ever. That means a lot of things, including that the head of Xbox, Phil Spencer, will soon be veteran CEO Bobby Kotick’s new boss. But what that means...