It's on that basis that the CMA has approved the deal, but the CMA is very unhappy about it, they say that a lot of time and money could have been saved had Microsoft restructured the deal in the first place rather than dragging it out in this protracted mann...
Microsoft's real goal is to make pots of money, and exclusivity is a route they've chosen before. As the FTChave pointed out, when Microsoft bought ZeniMax they offered assurances that their games wouldn't be withheld from rival consoles - but Starfield and Redfall are n...
Microsoft outright divested itself of its newest purchase's cloud streaming rights, which was the cornerstone of itsstrategy to win the CMA's approval of the Activision Blizzard acquisition. In some markets, Ubisoft bought those rights exclusively, while it merely acquired a non-exclusive distributor...
Microsoft says it'll honor existing Sony contracts and won't make Call of Duty exclusive right away, but it's likely that some of Activision Blizzard's future games won't come to PlayStation. There's precedent: After Microsoft bought Bethesda, we learned that Starfield and The Elder Scrolls...
In an interview withGamesBeat, Kotick implied that EA could have bought out Activision but it simply wasn't big enough. "When you’re comparing us to, you know, $2 trillion companies and $3 trillion companies and trillion-dollar companies and $500 billion companies, you realize, we may hav...
We saw what happened to Blizzard when Activision bought them. There were cheers from the player base when rumor of Microsoft buying Activision/Blizzard. I've seen what happens to studios under Microsoft's boot. I do wonder if my fellow Blizzard subscribers are still optimistic about this takeov...
We used to have Forum Support Agents that came by whenever they had the time and they did provide that type of info –that was before Microsoft bought Blizzard. But there are none left now… reassigned perhaps, or worse. There is a Blizzard staff that comes around… whenever he has time...
Well that's it. Microsoft has completed their acquisition of Activision Blizzard King thanks to the UK's Competition & Markets Authority clearing the way. As announced by the UK CMA, they said the new deal where Microsoft does not purchase Activision's cloud gaming rights, ...
Dell bought data-storage company EMC in 2016 for around $60 billion. Activision has been buffeted for months by allegations of misconduct and unequal pay. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella addressed the issue Tuesday in a conference call with investors. “The culture of our organization is my No....
Well that's it. Microsoft has completed their acquisition of Activision Blizzard King thanks to the UK's Competition & Markets Authority clearing the way.