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Microsoft Aiming To Release Next Xbox By 2028
18.9.2023
The successors to Microsoft’s current game consoles, the Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S, seemingly won’t be coming out until sometime in 2028. That’s according to conversations between company executives that were recently made public in federal court filings following the Federal Trade...
When Will Final Fantasy VII Remake And XVI Come To Xbox? Phil Spencer Can’t Say Yet
23.8.2023
Years after its PlayStation release and its eventual PC port, Final Fantasy VII Remake still isn’t on Xbox. Final Fantasy XVI ended up being a PlayStation 5 console exclusive as well. When will Xbox fans finally get to play these hit RPGs on their game system of choice? That’s what IGN aske…Read...
Microsoft Selling Activision Blizzard Cloud Gaming Rights To Ubisoft In Last-Ditch Effort To Get Merger Approved
22.8.2023
Somehow, over a year later, Microsoft’s attempted $69 billion takeover of Activision Blizzard just took its weirdest turn yet. The tech giant announced today that it will sell off the streaming rights for Call of Duty, Overwatch, and more to rival publisher Ubisoft as part of one last attempt...
Microsoft Selling Activision Blizzard Cloud Gaming Rights To Ubisoft In Last-Ditch Effort To Get Merger Approved
22.8.2023
Somehow, over a year later, Microsoft’s attempted $69 billion takeover of Activision Blizzard just took its weirdest turn yet. The tech giant announced today that it will sell off the streaming rights for Call of Duty, Overwatch, and more to rival publisher Ubisoft as part of one last attempt...
Microsoft prodal práva na streamování her Ubisoftu, chce obměkčit regulátory
22.8.2023
Společnost Ubisoft získala na příštích patnáct let práva na streamování her z produkce Activision Blizzardu. Toto rozhodnutí bylo přijato především kvůli britskému regulačnímu úřadu pro ochranu hospodářské soutěže, který v tuto chvíli blokuje největší obchod v herní historii. Odkupu vydavatelství...
Report: Embracer's $2 Billion Deal That Blew Up Was With Saudi Arabia
14.8.2023
Embracer Group, the Swedish holding company that’s been buying up everything from Borderlands maker Gearbox Entertainment to the rights to The Lord of the Rings, saw its stock plummet earlier this year when a mystery $2 billion deal collapsed at the last minute. Axios now reports that the partner...
Overwatch 2 Is Steam’s Worst-Rated Game, But It’s Complicated
14.8.2023
Overwatch 2 is, by far, the worst rated game on Steam, and developer Blizzard’s messy breakup with China in 2022 is, in part, responsible for it. Read more
Overwatch 2's New Content Drop Is Its 'Broadest' Ever, Blizz Says
10.8.2023
Overwatch 2 game director Aaron Keller gave a bold, but accurate, statement during an exclusive press presentation two weeks before the massive Invasion content drop. While introducing the new content, Keller (who also said, somewhat pointedly, that Overwatch 2’s PvE mode was “not dead”) noted that...
Modern Warfare III Comes Out In November, Brings Back Slide Canceling
7.8.2023
Activision has officially teased 2023's Call of Duty after months of leaks. Titled Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III, it will seemingly be a direct sequel to last year’s game and it’s coming out on November 10. Read more
10 Things You Should Never Say To An Xbox Gamer
1.8.2023
Do you have any Xbox gamers in your life? Maybe you’ve occasionally tried to talk to them about peculiar hobby? They can be a prickly bunch, and understandably so given how rough it’s been out there for, well, about a decade now. Time heals all wounds, unless you’re an Xbox fan and someone says...
Activision Sues Popular YouTube Music Critic After He Tried Charging For TikTok Clip
28.7.2023
On July 24, Call of Duty maker Activision Blizzard filed a lawsuit in California alleging that YouTuber Anthony Fantano, a music critic who runs the immensely popular channel The Needle Drop, is misusing intellectual property law and “leveraging the popularity” of a widespread TikTok voice clip...
Hit MMO Final Fantasy XIV Is Finally Coming To Xbox
28.7.2023
At long last, Xbox owners will soon get to enjoy the MMORPG PlayStation players have enjoyed for nearly a decade. Final Fantasy XIV is headed to Xbox Series X/S in spring 2024 after being a PlayStation console exclusive since 2014. Read more
Diablo IV Twitch Streamer Starts Season With Permadeath After 50 Hours
24.7.2023
Season 1 of Diablo IV is officially underway with tons of new content like an extensive battle pass, more enemy types, a unique questline, and more. But the threat of server disconnects, which can wipe out your whole character if you’re playing on hardcore mode, looms. And Twitch streamer wudijo...
Overwatch’s Anime Is Good, But Feels Like It’s Years Late
20.7.2023
In a vacuum, Genesis: An Overwatch Mini-Series is great. The three-part anime is lovingly animated and well-acted, and finally expands upon the origins of Overwatch in a way that goes beyond voice lines and passing mentions in comics or short stories. But each time I finished one of the episodes,...
Overwatch 2 Players Are Playing And Spending Less Now, Blizzard Says
20.7.2023
Overwatch 2 is in a rough spot as Blizzard prepares for one of its biggest content drops yet next month. After a collection of bad news since its October 2022 launch, including the gutting of PvE content and charging $15 for story missions, Overwatch 2’s engagement and money investment...
Modern Warfare II Operators, Weapons, And Bundles Transfer To New Game
18.7.2023
While we still have yet to see this year’s Call of Duty game, it sounds like Activision is implementing something new to the shooter series when it launches in the fall: cosmetic carryover between the last game and the next.Read more
Microsoft And Sony Finally Reach Deal For The Future Of Call Of Duty On PlayStation
16.7.2023
Microsoft and Sony have finally reached a deal for keeping Call of Duty on PlayStation once the Activision Blizzard merger goes through. The surprise agreement comes after months of fighting between the two companies, that included a court battle with the FTC, and is a sign the acquisition is...
Activision Set To Become Part Of Microsoft After FTC's Last-Ditch Effort Fails
15.7.2023
The U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has denied the Federal Trade Commission’s final request to pause Microsoft’s takeover of Activision Blizzard, likely paving the way for the biggest-ever merger in gaming to finally move forward after a more than year-long regulatory saga. Read more
FTC Blasted By Congress And Gamers For Doing Its Job
14.7.2023
Under chair Lina Khan, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has taken a lot of heat for trying to be aggressive in its approach to regulating tech companies and preventing monopolies. Now the FTC is facing criticism from both Republicans in Congress and very online Xbox fans for appealing a recent...
Microsoft: Pulling Call of Duty From Steam Was A 'Failure'
13.7.2023
In a new filing from Microsoft detailing the company’s post-trial “findings” and “conclusions” after its recent victory in court against the Federal Trade Commission the Xbox maker revealed that Call of Duty leaving Steam was part of an Activision plan to grow Battle.net. But according to the docs...