Bobby Kotick, the former CEO of Activision Blizzard whose employees famously started publicly shit-talking as soon as he was out the door, is reportedly looking for a new company to rule. Word on the street is that the company is TikTok.Read more...
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The Federal Trade Commission isn’t happy with the outcome of Microsoft’s $68.7 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard, telling a court on Wednesday that Microsoft’s recent layoffs contradict promises it made to get the merger approved. Read more......
Feds Say Activision Layoffs Violate Promises Microsoft Made in Merger ...
Microsoft laid 1,900 employees in its gaming division, according to an internal memo seen by The Verge on Thursday, with a majority of the layoffs hitting its newly acquired Activision Blizzard employees. Some Xbox and ZeniMax employees were also affec...
Microsoft Lays Off 1,900 Activision Blizzard, Xbox Staff One Day ...
This past weekend at BlizzCon, fresh off the news that Blizzard—and the rest of Activision—would be joining Microsoft officially, the video game developer lifted the lid on the future of its longest-running game, World of Warcraft, in a big way. And in...
World of Warcraft Is Letting One of Its Best Characters ...
Microsoft finalized its purchase of Activision Blizzard Inc. for $69 billion after it received approval from UK regulators on Friday. The Xbox maker’s acquisition of the gaming company known for its Call of Duty franchise marks the end of a nearly two-...
Microsoft Finally Completes Activision Blizzard Deal
The biggest acquisition in video game history appears to be coming to a close. After Microsoft offered to buy Activision Blizzard nearly two years ago—and faced a barrage of government hurdles along the way—the tech company is reportedly readying to cl...
Microsoft Reportedly Hopes to Close Activision Deal Next Week
Tech giant Microsoft’s acquisition of video game company Activision Blizzard continues to be a headache. After facing some back-and-forth over antitrust concerns with the Federal Trade Commission, Microsoft is now selling the rights to Activision’s clo...
Microsoft Is Making a Hail Mary Bid to Close Its ...
After the Federal Trade Commission sued to block Microsoft’s acquisition of popular video game company Activision Blizzard over antitrust concerns, a California judge has given Microsoft the thumbs up to proceed with the $68.7 billion merger Tuesday—th...
Microsoft Gets the Green Light to Purchase Activision Blizzard in ...
An industry watchdog group says the judge tasked with ultimately determining the fate of Microsoft’s $68.7 billion bid to acquire Activision Blizzard should recuse herself because her son works at Microsoft. U.S. District Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley ...
Watchdog Demands Recusal of Judge Overseeing Activision Case Because Her ...
Well here’s a blockbuster acquisition for you. Gaming mothership Activision Blizzard has entered into an agreement to acquire King.com, maker of the wildly popular game Candy Crush and probably other games that I haven’t and will never play. Mobile. Games. It’s all of the hot things. Oh, and King says it had 474 million monthly active users in the third quarter this year.… Read More