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Devolver Digital just snapped up Astroneer studio System Era for a cool $40M-ish
Astroneer studio System Era Softworks is making a big move: The company announced today that it's been acquired by Devolver Digital. The move will...
Consumers hoping to block Microsoft’s buyout of Activision-Blizzard lose in court yet again
The insanity and activity surrounding Microsoft's imminent acquisition of Activision Blizzard has only ramped up as the deal prepares to be finalized. This month...
Yes, the FTC is appealing the decision not to block Microsoft’s Activision-Blizzard merger
It's no surprise at all, but yes, the Federal Trade Commission has indeed filed an appeal of Tuesday's US District Court of Northern California...
The EU has conditionally approved Microsoft’s buyout of Activision-Blizzard
Today's Microsoft Activision-Blizzard buyout news won't come as a surprise to anyone who read the leaks last week, but yes, EU regulators have officially...
The EU is apparently set to approve Microsoft’s Activision-Blizzard buyout after all
When the UK's Competition and Markets Authority put the brakes on Microsoft's acquisition of Activision-Blizzard at the end of April, we saw multiple pundits...
Japan drops Microsoft/Activision-Blizzard antitrust probe as lawmakers scrutinize Japanese gaming market
Activision-Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick released a memo to his staff (and everyone else in the entire world) on the ABK Substack (which exists) last...
FTC and Microsoft confirm a lack of ‘substantive’ settlement talks as UK regulatory body extends its investigation
There have been a couple of small but no less important steps in the continuing story of Microsoft's buyout of Activision-Blizzard. We begin with...
Microsoft claims the FTC’s antitrust lawsuit violates its fifth amendment rights
The beginning of this month saw Microsoft's big money buyout of Activision-Blizzard hit a US federal government-level snag when the FTC filed an antitrust...
Activision-Blizzard’s Bobby Kotick downplays regulatory scrutiny, says Microsoft deal is on track for 2023
Skepticism over Microsoft's takeover and buyout of the beleaguered Activision-Blizzard group is mounting across the industry, as multiple of news outlets have pushed stories...
Unity unveils plans to merge with app monetization platform ironSource in a $4.4B deal
Unity, the engine that powers a wide number of MMORPGs as well as other games, is hoping to improve its fiscal fortunes through a...
Diablo III’s new season brings the Echoing Nightmare feature and quality-of-life updates to Greater Rifts
Are you ready to relive the tortured memories of Nephalem who fell in a Greater Rift until you're inevitably overwhelmed or defeated? If that...
Activision-Blizzard shareholders will vote on whether to allow Microsoft’s buyout April 28
We all had to know that the process of Microsoft buying out Activision-Blizzard wasn't going to happen quickly or elegantly, and that's not even...
Rumor: Nexon may be merging its PC and mobile businesses following canceled company sale
Over the course of 2019, we've watched as Nexon's founding family put its controlling interest up for bid, seeking as much as $9B for...
EVE Online developer CCP Games bought by Black Desert Online studio Pearl Abyss
I bet that's not a headline you expected to wake up to! EVE Online developer CCP Games confirmed this morning that it will soon...
Online games publishers Gamigo and Aeria are undergoing a ‘strategic merger’
Gamigo and Aeria are swapping keys and moving in together, the companies announced today. The European online and mobile games publishers
" have agreed ...
