Blizzard Games Have Officially Gone Offline In China Indefinitely
Games from Blizzard have officially gone offline indefinitely, due to a breakdown in relationship between Blizzard and NetEase.
Games from Blizzard have officially gone offline indefinitely, due to a breakdown in relationship between Blizzard and NetEase.
Google and Nvidia have voiced their own concerns to the FTC regarding Microsoft’s potential acquisition of Activision Blizzard.
In the face of a lawsuit from the FTC, Microsoft president says that the company “welcomes” its chance to defend its Activision Blizzard purchase in court.
Microsoft’s president Brad Smith published an opinion piece through the Wall Street Journal defending the Activision acquisition.
Activision’s COO steps up to the plate to say that Activision is prepared to “fight” for its merger with Microsoft to go through, if needed.
Microsoft is being sued for allegedly exploiting Activision Blizzard’s “weak and wounded” state as a company for its $69 billion deal.
Mark Darrah says that Microsoft’s buyout of Activision Blizzard will hopefully be a good thing in the short term, but perhaps not in the long run.
The UK’s CMA is no longer accepting opinions from the public on the Microsoft-Activision deal, and will begin reviewing the submissions.
UK regulators are concerned about Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard due to Microsoft’s actions post-ZeniMax acquisition.
Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision is going through a second phase of investigations in the UK, with a new ruling deadline of March 2023.