OK, now what? I wasn’t sure we’d ever get here, but 21 months later, Microsoft has successfully fended off the FTC, pacified the CMA, and completed its $69 billion acquisition… Read More
Updated on Oct. 13 with details of acquisition closing. Microsoft completed its $68.7 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard on Friday morning, nearly 21 months after the deal was announced, finalizing… Read More
Microsoft’s plan to sell Activision Blizzard’s cloud gaming rights to Ubisoft appears to have appeased UK antitrust regulators who previously sought to block its $68.7 billion acquisition of the Call… Read More
Microsoft on Tuesday cleared a significant hurdle to its $68.7 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard, as a federal judge sided with the company in a legal battle with the Federal… Read More
From the start, Microsoft’s hearing against the US Federal Trade Commission was going to be interesting to anyone who follows the business end of the video games industry. As previously… Read More
Microsoft plans to bring the next generation of Xbox video game consoles to market in 2028, according to documents unsealed in Microsoft’s ongoing court battle with the FTC. Phil Spencer,… Read More
Today marked the first of a five-day court session that pits Microsoft against the US Federal Trade Commission, in the latest in a series of legal maneuverings over Microsoft’s proposed… Read More
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission filed a complaint in court Monday to block Microsoft’s acquisition of video game developer Activision Blizzard. The FTC seeks a temporary restraining order and preliminary… Read More
Microsoft may end up controlling a shocking amount of the most popular, beloved video game franchises in modern media if its $69 billion bid to buy Activision Blizzard passes regulatory… Read More
Fifteen months after Microsoft started its journey to join forces with Activision Blizzard, another boss is now standing in its way. The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) issued a… Read More
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission announced Thursday that it intends to sue to block Microsoft’s $69 billion acquisition of giant game developer Activision Blizzard. If the FTC is able to… Read More
Microsoft says it has reached a 10-year deal with Nintendo to bring “Call of Duty” games to Nintendo systems if Microsoft’s proposed $68.7 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard goes through.… Read More
As Microsoft’s pending $68.7 billion-dollar acquisition of Activision Blizzard continues to undergo investigation in the UK, new filings reveal Microsoft’s plans for a next-generation app store that will let it… Read More
In a filing to Brazil’s national competition regulator, Microsoft has claimed that Sony pays unnamed video game developers to prevent them from adding content to the Xbox Game Pass. The… Read More
Recent headlines detailing subscriber loss at Netflix combined with the streaming giant’s advertising deal with Microsoft to launch an ad-supported subscription tier in 2023 have led to a new wave… Read More
The Communications Workers of America announced Monday that it entered into a labor neutrality agreement with Microsoft that will apply at Activision Blizzard two months after Microsoft’s planned acquisition of… Read More
The quality-assurance department at Wisconsin-based Call of Duty developer Raven Software has voted to unionize, which could significantly impact its parent company, Activision Blizzard, with potential ripple effects for Microsoft’s… Read More
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission asked Microsoft and Activision Blizzard “for additional information and documentary material” for its review of the tech giant’s proposed $68.7 billion acquisition of the game… Read More
It’s 2022, and Microsoft’s cloud business is on track to become half of its overall revenue. Big investments in Xbox and video games, over two decades, have positioned Microsoft to… Read More
Media mogul Barry Diller acknowledged that he made what turned out to be a lucrative investment in options to buy Activision Blizzard shares prior to Microsoft’s announcement that it would… Read More
Ed Fries is having a big week. His games-focused venture fund 1Up Ventures put money into two separate new gaming studios that debuted on Wednesday: Seattle’s Lost Lake Games and… Read More
New Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer has confirmed that the best-selling video game series Call of Duty will continue to be available on the PlayStation platform, two days after Microsoft… Read More
Announcing its record-setting deal to acquire game publisher Activision Blizzard for $68.7 billion, Microsoft pointed out that the combination would make it the world’s third-largest gaming company by revenue. “Together… Read More
Microsoft is aiming to vault itself into the upper echelon of video games with its $68.7 billion deal to acquire Activision Blizzard, the gaming giant behind such franchises as Warcraft,… Read More
Z2, a Seattle game studio owned by Activision Blizzard, is shutting down. The office closure is part of larger layoffs announced today by gaming giant Activision Blizzard, which will slash… Read More
