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[ad_1] We are a week into November and the penultimate month of the year brings another healthy lineup of game releases. This month, we’re getting an eclectic lineup of games — from a throwback adaptation of an 80s cult cyberpunk film to a much-anticipated remake of a beloved Super Nintendo classic. Perhaps the biggest release … Read more
[ad_1] Call of Duty and other Activision Blizzard games won’t appear on Xbox Game Pass until next year. On the Official Xbox Podcast, Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer claimed that players wouldn’t be seeing a big drop of those titles immediately, due to the lengthy regulatory challenges the company faced in its buyout attempt. Since … Read more
[ad_1] Xbox maker Microsoft closed its $69 billion (nearly Rs. 5,75,620 crore) deal for Activision Blizzard on Friday, swelling its heft in the video-gaming market with best-selling titles including Call of Duty to better compete with industry leader Sony. Originally unveiled in January 2022, the biggest deal in the gaming industry cleared its final big hurdle — an approval from Britain — earlier … Read more
[ad_1] About two weeks before the release of Immortals of Aveum, EA’s new first-person spell-shooter action title, Baldur’s Gate III released to rapturous acclaim. Larian Studios’ Dungeons & Dragons-based RPG – with its deeply rewarding quests, robust gameplay systems, and its evocative characters and storylines – became a global phenomenon, racking up over 800,000 concurrent … Read more
[ad_1] Microsoft’s Activision Blizzard deal is back in the hands of Britain’s antitrust regulator after an appeals court granted an adjournment, and the grounds for why the UK should reconsider its block on the US software giant’s takeover were published. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) set out on Friday Microsoft’s arguments for the reconsideration, … Read more
[ad_1] Activision Blizzard said on Wednesday it has extended the deadline for the close of its $69 billion (roughly Rs. 5,66,200 crore) takeover by Microsoft to October 18 as the companies work to secure approval from the United Kingdom’s antitrust authority. The “Call of Duty” publisher said the companies also agreed to increase the deal termination … Read more
[ad_1] Britain’s competition regulator said on Wednesday a restructured deal between Microsoft and Activision Blizzard could satisfy its concerns, subject to a new investigation, a climbdown in its opposition to the biggest gaming deal in history. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) became the first regulator to block the $69 billion (nearly Rs. 5,65,750 crore) … Read more
[ad_1] Microsoft cleared major hurdles to its plan to buy videogame maker Activision Blizzard on Tuesday, after a US judge gave a thumbs-up to the $69 billion (roughly Rs. 5,65,480 crore) deal and a British regulator suggested it could reconsider its opposition. Activision shares surged 10 percent on the day, as the US and Britain … Read more