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Gamer Group’s Antitrust Lawsuit To Block Microsoft-ABK Merger Has Been Dismissed

March 23, 2023 Marc Marasigan Comments

Back in December, a group of gamers filed an antitrust lawsuit against Microsoft to block it’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard, alleging that the merger violated the Clayton Antitrust Act of 1914. The said lawsuit has summarily been dismissed by US District Judge Jacqueline Corley due to insufficient details on exactly how the merger will stifle competition. “Plaintiffs’ general allegation that [...]

Sony’s CMA Complaint Outlines Ways That Microsoft Could Screw Them Over

March 13, 2023 Marc Marasigan Comments

It’s no secret that Sony has been completely against Microsoft’s acquisitions of Activision Blizzard since the merger was first announced last year, and with good reason. The $69 billion deal between the two video game industry giants has sparked concerns over possibly antitrust violations and monopoly and is also being contested by several regulatory bodies including the U.S. Federal Trade [...]

Microsoft Teams Up With NVIDIA To Bring Activision Blizzard Games To GeForce NOW

February 23, 2023 Marc Marasigan Comments

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Microsoft is really working to assure everyone that they won’t be hogging Call of Duty and other Activision Blizzard titles, at least for the next decade anyway. After signing a 10-year licensing deal with Nintendo, the company has also partnered with NVIDIA to bring the popular shooter franchise to the latter’s cloud gaming service, GeForce NOW. “Microsoft and NVIDIA announced [...]

Nintendo And Microsoft Sign 10-Year Call Of Duty Licensing Agreement

February 22, 2023 Marc Marasigan Comments

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Nintendo has accepted Microsoft’s offer to keep the Call of Duty franchise on Nintendo devices for the next ten years. Readers will remember that Microsoft made the offer to both Sony and Nintendo last fall in hopes of assuaging anti-trust and monopoly concerns brought forth by various regulatory bodies. “Microsoft and Nintendo have now negotiated and signed a binding 10-year [...]

Sources Say Bobby Kotick Will Remain As Activision Blizzard CEO If Microsoft Merger Fails

February 16, 2023 Marc Marasigan Comments

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With everything that Activision Blizzard has gone through over the past two years, it’s a wonder that Bobby Kotick has still managed to hold on to his position as the company’s CEO, even amidst accusations of attempted murder. Microsoft’s impending and highly controversial acquisition of the company, however, might just be what knocks him off his lofty and apparently untouchable [...]

Bobby Kotick Disses UK Over Potential Rejection Of The Microsoft-ABK Merger

February 9, 2023 Marc Marasigan Comments

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Earlier this week, Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick appeared on CNBC for a very rare

UK’s CMA Confirms Microsoft-ABK Merger Will Be Harmful To Competition And Gamers

February 8, 2023 Marc Marasigan Comments

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The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has been looking over Microsoft’s shoulder over antitrust concerns since the tech giant announced its plans to acquire Activision Blizzard. It’s investigation into the matter has now come to an end with the unsurprising conclusion that the merger will be detrimental to competition and subsequently to UK gamers. “The CMA provisionally found that [...]

Judge Dismisses Microsoft’s Request To Delay Private Lawsuit In Favor Of The FTC’s

January 31, 2023 Marc Marasigan Comments

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Last month, a group of private gamers filed a lawsuit against Microsoft to block its acquisition of Activision Blizzard under Section 7 of the Clayton Antitrust Act of 1914. This is around the same time that the U.S. Federal Trade Commission filed their own antitrust lawsuit against Microsoft. Microsoft, however, has requested that the judge delay the gamer group’s lawsuit [...]

ZeniMax QA Workers Establish Largest Video Games Industry Union In The US

January 4, 2023 Marc Marasigan Comments

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A few weeks ago, the QA analysts of ZeniMax Media, including ZeniMax Online Studios and Bethesda Softworks, announced their plans to form a union under the Communication Workers of America. As of today, the ZeniMax Workers United has been formally recognized as Microsoft’s first worker union and is the largest union in the video games industry to date in the [...]

The FTC’s Antitrust Lawsuit Against Microsoft Moves Forward With Pre-Trial Hearings

January 4, 2023 Marc Marasigan Comments

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The Federal Trade Commission’s antitrust lawsuit against Microsoft has taken its first steps forward with yesterday’s first pre-trial hearing. As we previously reported, the FTC is looking to block the multi-billion dollar merger between Microsoft and Activision Blizzard on grounds that it will stifle competition and will give the former the means to pull popular games from other video game [...]

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