Microsoft made waves on Monday with its announcement that it plans to buy Activision Blizzard for $68.7 billion in the largest gaming acquisition in history and Microsoft’s biggest overall. But how, exactly, does the acquisition stack up against Microsoft’s previous buyouts, other gaming acquisitions, and deals across other industries? Let’s …

Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick, who founded the company 30+ years ago, has been its chief executive for decades, and recently has come under fire over workplace culture issues, is preparing to leave the company if and when Microsoft’s deal to acquire Activision Blizzard goes through. This is according to …

Following reports, Microsoft has now officially announced it has acquired Activision Blizzard in a deal valued at nearly $70 billion. This is Microsoft’s biggest acquisition in history of any type, and it is the biggest gaming acquisition in history by a huge margin. “Over many decades, the studios and teams …

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has discussed the company’s blockbuster buyout of Activision Blizzard, which hasn’t been approved by regulators yet but could end up being one of the biggest gaming news stories in a long time. In a presentation this morning, Nadella laid out his thoughts on the buyout and …

Microsoft is proposing to buy Activision Blizzard for $68.7 billion in the largest gaming acquisition in history, and the news is sending shockwaves across the industry. One person who has weighed in is Seamus Blackley, the designer of the original Xbox who has since left the company. He said on …

Microsoft made the shocking announcement on Monday that it plans to acquire gaming giant Activision Blizzard in a $68.7 billion deal, the richest ever for the technology giant and the biggest acquisition in gaming history. One of the first questions that came up from industry watchers and fans was whether …

Aardman, the acclaimed UK studio known for the Wallace and Gromit series, is making what sounds like a big and ambitious video game as one of its next projects, according to job listings. TechRadar spotted multiple job postings that call for applicants to work on “visually unique games for PC …

A new trailer for Marvel’s next TV series, Moon Knight, has been released. Additionally, a release date for the series has been confirmed for Disney+: March 30. The first trailer shows actor Oscar Isaac as the vigilante Marc Spector/Moon Knight, and it provides a good look at the new series. …

Monster Hunter Rise has passed 8 million copies shipped worldwide following its release on PC last week. This is up from the 7.5 million figure from September 2021. The game has now reached 8 million sold across Switch and PC together. The entire Monster Hunter series has exceeded more than …

God of War’s recent launch on PC is proving to be a big success right away, it seems. Sony’s action game was the No. 1 best-seller on PC Steam by dollar sales last week, according to SteamDB. The game also had more than 73,000 peak concurrent players at its highest …