2023-04-27
Love the Microsoft/Activision Blizzard bigwigs talking like blocking the merger will send the UK into an economic hellpit. Pal, we're waaay ahead of you. https://www.bbc.com/...
Bloomberg
The UK CMA's objection to Microsoft's Activision deal focuses on the nascent cloud gaming market, a departure from regulators focusing on mature markets
UK regulators blocked Microsoft Corp.'s $69 billion purchase of Activision Blizzard Inc. over concerns it would harm competition in cloud gaming …
2023-02-22
Absolutely love Microsoft trotting out its: “We'll put COD on the Switch” defence again. Poor devs though. https://twitter.com/...
GeekWire
Microsoft President Brad Smith says the company signed a binding, 10-year contract to bring Call of Duty games to Nintendo consoles on the same day as Xbox
Absolutely love Microsoft trotting out its: “We'll put COD on the Switch” defence again. Poor devs though. https://twitter.com/...
The Verge
Microsoft plans to bring its Xbox PC games to Nvidia GeForce Now and promises to offer Activision Blizzard games on the cloud service if the acquisition closes
Microsoft is bringing its Xbox PC games to Nvidia's GeForce Now cloud gaming service. Speaking at a press conference in Brussels today …
2023-02-21
Absolutely love Microsoft trotting out its: “We'll put COD on the Switch” defence again. Poor devs though. https://twitter.com/...
GeekWire
Microsoft President Brad Smith says the company signed a binding, 10-year contract to bring Call of Duty games to Nintendo consoles on the same day as Xbox
Microsoft's deal with Nintendo to bring “Call of Duty” games to Nintendo systems — if Microsoft's proposed $68.7 billion acquisition …
2023-02-08
Kind of amazed Activision/Blizzard sent Bobby Kotick out to bat for this one, but then maybe I shouldn't be 🙃 https://www.ft.com/...
Bloomberg
The UK CMA finds Microsoft's proposed $69B Activision Blizzard acquisition will harm competition in the UK's gaming market and asks Microsoft for remedies
Microsoft Corp.'s $69 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard Inc. will harm competition in the UK gaming market …
2021-06-16
Great piece from @AshLampard on how social media (incl Facebook and IG) has become the go-to marketplace for animal trafficking https://restofworld.org/...
Rest of World
A look at the rise and fall of Phan Huynh Anh Khoa, aka “The King of Squirrels”, who used Facebook to become one of Vietnam's most notorious wildlife traders
and Facebook's negligence — to build a wildlife trading empire ~Wild~ story by @AshLampard from Ho Chi Minh City. Photographs by @phamhaduylinh https://restofworld.org/... @restofw...