Judge Calls Microsoft’s Call of Duty Deal Bad for Sony, But ‘Good for Call of Duty Gamers’
There are winners and losers in every case, and the recent trial between Microsoft and the Federal Trade Commission is no different. Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley’s ruling in favor of…
Microsoft’s Deal To Buy Activision Now Looking More Positive In The UK In Last Big Hurdle
Microsoft scored a partial victory in its bid to acquire Activision Blizzard this week, with a US district court judge in the US paving the way for the deal to…
Microsoft’s Deal To Buy Activision Blizzard Fully Approved In South Africa Amid FTC Case In US
Microsoft's deal to buy Activision Blizzard has been approved by another global regulatory body. South Africa's Competition Commission announced on April 17 that Microsoft has unconditional approval to close the…
Bethesda Executive “Confused” By Microsoft’s Willingness To Keep Call Of Duty On PlayStation
As part of the ongoing trial between the Federal Trade Commission and Microsoft, an internal email sent by Bethesda senior vice president of global marketing and communications Pete Hines expressing…
Microsoft’s Strategy To “Spend Sony Out Of Business” Revealed In 2019 Internal Email
As part of the ongoing trial between the Federal Trade Commission and Microsoft, an internal email from Xbox Game Studios chief Matt Booty encouraging Microsoft CFO Tim Stuart to "spend…
Starfield Could Have Been A PlayStation Exclusive, Prompting Microsoft’s ZeniMax Acquisition
Xbox boss Phil Spencer revealed that Xbox's highly anticipated RPG Starfield could have been PlayStation exclusive and Microsoft had purchased Zenimax to prevent that from happening.While speaking with the FTC…
China Approves Microsoft’s Acquisition of Activision Blizzard
China's State Administration has approved Microsoft's attempted $69 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard, joining a total of 37 regulators including the EU and Japan.
European Commission Approves Microsoft’s Activision-Blizzard Acquisition
Following an "in-depth" investigation, the European Commission has approved Microsoft's proposed acquisition of Activision-Blizzard. The investigation began last November, with the commission citing Microsoft's potential expansion into the cloud gaming…
Microsoft’s $69 Billion Acquisition of Activision Blizzard Allegedly Pushing Through
A year ago, it was announced by Microsoft that they had plans to acquire Activision Blizzard, but the deal was apparently held back because the CMA (UK’s Competition and Markets…
Microsoft’s Deal To Buy Activision Blizzard Will Be Approved By EU Very Soon – Report
Anti-trust regulators in the European Union will approve Microsoft's $68.7 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard as soon as this coming Monday, May 15, according to a report from Reuters.The European…