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Microsoft Lays Off 1900 Video Game Division Employees

B. Simmons January 26, 2024

Welcome to January 2024. According to IGN, Microsoft plans to lay off 1900 employees from their video game division. If true, this will make a total of 5,800 layoffs across the industry this month...

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Overwatch League Officially Done; Blizzard Moving In “New Direction”

B. Simmons November 9, 2023

It’s over! Yes, it’s true. Blizard has decided, after 6 years, to end their official Overwatch League. While competitive Overwatch (2) will continue, you will no longer be blitzed with Overwatch League crap every...

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Microsoft To Sell Activision Blizzard Cloud Gaming Rights To Ubisoft To Facilitate UK Approval Of Merger

B. Simmons August 22, 2023

Wonder what the FTC will do? In a bid to obtain approval of the merger in the UK, Microsoft has announced plans to sell the cloud gaming rights to Activision Blizzard games to Ubisoft....

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Judge Decides In Favor Of Microsoft, Activision Blizzard Deal Okayed To Go Forward In U.S.

B. Simmons July 12, 2023

Still don’t understand the fixation on cloud gaming. A California judge has ruled in favor of Microsoft in their most recent case preventing their merger with Activision Blizzard. While they still face an Antitrust...

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Overwatch 2 Canceled Hero Mode, Only To Turn Around And Sell PvE Campaigns For $15 Each

B. Simmons June 15, 2023

Also, Sojourn is still broken. Yes, it’s true. Just a month after killing off Hero Mode, the PvE mode that allowed you to customize characters and missions and experience a story, Blizzard has announced...

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FTC Launches Suit To Block Microsoft/Activision Deal

B. Simmons June 13, 2023

Looks like only the EU is okay with it. The Federal Trade Commission has sued to, temporarily at least, block the Microsoft/Activision merger. Filed Monday in San Francisco, the suit aims to obtain a...

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Microsoft / Activision Blizzard Deal Approved By The EU

B. Simmons May 15, 2023

One down, two to go. The absolutely massive Activison Blizzard purchase by Microsoft cleared its first major hurdle. The EU has approved of the deal going forward. This comes a few weeks after the...

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Microsoft’s Acquisition Of Activision Blizzard Blocked By The UK

B. Simmons April 27, 2023

You’ll never guess the reason why. So that huge merger between Microsoft and Activision Blizzard? Well, that’s not happening now… or at leas, for the time being it won’t. Because Britain’s antitrust watchdog vetoed...

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Microstoft Seals 10-Year Deal To Bring Call of Duty To The Switch

B. Simmons December 8, 2022

Or, probably, its successor. While the acquisition of Activision Blizzard is still ongoing, Microsoft hasn’t sat on their laurels. That said, the back and forth between Microsoft and Sony is also far from settled,...

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Overwatch 1 Ends Service October 2nd

B. Simmons September 16, 2022

27 hours of freedom. In an interview with Eurogamer, Blizzard has confirmed that the service for Overwatch will end on October 2nd this year. This is, however, October 2nd in the Pacific time zone...

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Unreleased Warcraft Adventures: Lord of the Clans Gets Fan Remaster

B. Simmons August 8, 2022

Happy Halloween ladies! You might remember, years ago, how the unfinished point-and-click adventure game Warcraft Adventures: Lord of the Clans leaked online. It was very nearly finished before it got canned; while the leaked...

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Overwatch 2 To Replace The First Game Entirely

B. Simmons June 24, 2022

You won’t even be able to play it. In what is the latest in a long line of bad decisions for Activision Blizzard, Overwatch 2 will be replacing the original Overwatch completely. Yes, that’s...