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
A federal judge sided with Microsoft on Tuesday in a setback for the U.S. Federal Trade Commission’s attempt to block the tech giant’s $68.7 billion acquisition of video-game publisher Activision… Read More
European Union regulators on Monday approved Microsoft’s $68.7 billion deal to acquire gaming company Activision, giving the Seattle-area tech giant a boost in what would be its largest acquisition ever.… Read More
Microsoft’s 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 — is now official. Microsoft… Read More
The Federal Trade Commission is suing Microsoft over its $69 billion deal to acquire Activision Blizzard, putting what would be the company’s largest acquisition ever in jeopardy. In a press… Read More
Microsoft’s plan to buy Activision Blizzard for $68.7 billion in cash is a whopper by every stretch of the imagination — the biggest in the company’s 47-year-history and more than… Read More
Destiny 2 is going independent. Bungie, the Bellevue, Wash.-based game developer, announced Thursday that going forward it will self-publish the massively-multiplayer first-person shooter, taking over from its previous partner Activision-Blizzard.… Read More
One week in advance of this year’s E3 Expo in Los Angeles, Bungie fired up its Twitch channel Tuesday morning for a big reveal: the next expansion for Destiny 2 is… Read More
A video game changed the life of Wilbert Roget, II. Roget was raised in Philadelphia, and began receiving classical piano training at the age of 4. Gaming was not part… Read More
Z2, the Seattle-based game studio acquired by King Digital Entertainment last year, has cut jobs in its support functions group. Founded in 2009, Z2 — previously known as Z2Live — is… Read More
Thanks in large part to the success of Destiny, Activision this afternoon crushed Wall Street’s expectations with an impressive Q3 earnings report. The publisher posted a non-GAAP Q3 EPS of $0.23,… Read More
We already knew that Destiny, the first-person shooter developed by Bellevue-based Bungie, was off to a hot start with retailers spending $500 million to stock store shelves. But now we know… Read More
Inside the EMP Museum on Monday evening, tailored suits and cocktail dresses filled the massive building as high-powered executives brushed shoulders with award-winning rappers and Super Bowl champions. A short drive… Read More
To say that gamers everywhere are eagerly awaiting “Destiny,” the new sci-fi shooter from Bellevue-based Bungie, is an understatement. And now, it’s clear that Activision, which is publishing the game,… Read More
It would be hard for Bungie to top the success that Halo brought to the Bellevue-based video game company, but a new first-person shooter could have the ingredients to do just that.… Read More
Game publisher Activision Blizzard just named a new chief financial officer: Microsoft veteran Dennis Durkin, a key executive from the company’s Xbox and video game division. Durkin has been the… Read More
