Today the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has revealed that a new deal proposed by Microsoft should resolve the concerns that were initially raised ...
September 22, 2023 at 5:28 pm by Jakob Aylesbury
Microsoft’s Acquisition of Activision Blizzard is still ongoing with the final hurdle being the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority which previously rejected ...
August 22, 2023 at 5:57 pm by Jakob Aylesbury
Over the past few years, I’d been under the impression that the consoles made more profit for game developers than PC did, mostly down to how poor some PC ports have ...
July 20, 2023 at 7:16 pm by Jakob Aylesbury
Following Microsoft’s Success with the FTC over its acquisition of Activision Blizzard, there was only one hurdle left in the form of the UK’s Competition and ...
July 19, 2023 at 4:06 pm by Jakob Aylesbury
Microsoft has won its court case against the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) allowing for the company to acquire Activision Blizzard also leading UK negotiations to restart ...
July 12, 2023 at 2:35 pm by Jakob Aylesbury
Eric Covington, a game designer at Activision Blizzard has revealed that after 9 years at the company, he has been let go over lines for a character that made fun of corporate ...
June 4, 2023 at 3:16 pm by Jakob Aylesbury
Activision Blizzard has just been fined a pathetic $5,000 for not disclosing the presence of loot boxes in Diablo Immortal. Diablo Immortal $5k Fine News shared via Eurogamer ...
May 23, 2023 at 9:03 pm by Jakob Aylesbury
The European Union has approved Microsoft’s Acquisition of Activision Blizzard. European Union Commission Approves Microsoft Activision Deal As it turns out the EU has ...
May 15, 2023 at 5:19 pm by Jakob Aylesbury
Last month the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) blocked the Microsoft acquisition of Activision Blizzard and now the regulator has published new restrictions on the ...
May 13, 2023 at 3:09 pm by Jakob Aylesbury
Microsoft has hired a top lawyer who has previously repeatedly defeated the EU to attempt to get the UK to change their mind on blocking the Microsoft acquisition of ...
May 7, 2023 at 1:14 pm by Jakob Aylesbury
Microsoft’s proposed takeover of Activision Blizzard has seen scrutiny for a long time now but today it has finally received a verdict from the UK’s Competition ...
April 26, 2023 at 1:38 pm by Jakob Aylesbury
Activision Blizzard has been sued by the US government over the salaries of their esports players citing a violation of antitrust laws. Department of Justice Sues Activision ...
April 4, 2023 at 3:04 pm by Jakob Aylesbury
Microsoft has signed a 10-year legal agreement with Nintendo to bring Call of Duty to Nintendo if the proposed Microsoft acquisition of Activision-Blizzard goes through. If ...
February 21, 2023 at 4:28 pm by Jakob Aylesbury
It seems increasingly likely that, based on all the information to date, the EU commission currently investigating Microsoft’s potential takeover of Activision/Blizzard ...
November 26, 2022 at 10:50 am by Mike Sanders
While Microsoft shocked the gaming world earlier this year when they confirmed that a $69BN deal had been agreed for the acquisition of Activision/Blizzard, this didn’t ...
November 3, 2022 at 9:13 am by Mike Sanders
